May 23, 2012 - In March, Pope Benedict XVI told a group of U.S. bishops that our culture needs to discover "an integrated, consistent and uplifting vision of human sexuality." Without it, he said, American culture will face "grave societal problems bearing an immense human and economic cost."

May 16, 2012 - In 1992, the U.S. Supreme Court made the second-most important decision about abortion to date. The case was Planned Parenthood v. Casey and at issue was the right of states to regulate the practice of abortion.

May 9, 2012 - For 10 years I worked as a priest in Rome on the staff of the Vatican’s Congregation for Bishops.  I was blessed to serve under two popes, to celebrate Mass at the tombs of martyrs and to be formed as a priest in the heart of the Church.

April 25, 2012 - In the early 1970s, American women reported being much happier than American men did. Since that time, social change has led to gains for women in many spheres of American life. And yet, since the 1970s, the reported happiness of American women has steadily plummeted. The reason, according to a growing body of scholarship and journalism, is contraception and abortion.

April 18, 2012 - The United States has a vested interest in comprehensive immigration reform, which recognizes the need for security, the dignity of the human person and the sovereignty of the family.

April 11, 2012 - This Sunday, the octave of Easter, when the Church celebrates Divine Mercy Sunday, we should be thankful for the forgiveness the Lord has freely bestowed upon us. And we have good reason to be thankful.

April 4, 2012 - At times, we are so accustomed to the Easter story that we cannot sense how truly miraculous it was.  We take the Resurrection in stride.  It’s hard to really fathom what Jesus Christ has done for us.

March 28, 2012 - The Palm Sunday liturgy is the only Mass of the year at which the lay faithful are invited to join the priest or deacon in proclaiming the Gospel. Our participation in the Palm Sunday Mass is an invitation.  It is an invitation to be present and active during Holy Week and the sacred triduum of Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday.

March 21, 2012 - This week, Pope Benedict XVI will travel to Guanajuato, Mexico, and to Havana, Cuba, to pray and worship with millions of Mexican and Cuban Catholics. The Holy Father’s pastoral visits will witness to the vibrancy and vitality of the Church in Latin America and to the enduring impact of evangelization in developing authentic Christian culture.

March 14, 2012 - Many bishops in the United States are asking Catholics to fast for an end to religious perseution, on Friday, March 30.  I will be fasting that day.  I invite you to join me.

March 7, 2012 - It doesn’t matter how much we give.  What matters is how much love we put into the giving.

Feb. 15, 2012 - Last week I traveled to Massachusetts to formally accept a seminarian as a candidate for ordination to the diaconate and priesthood in the Archdiocese of Denver.  The seminarian, Ron Cattany, is an extraordinary man and has become a good friend.

Jan. 25, 2012 (This article was reprinted by the Denver Post on Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012)  - On Fri., Jan. 20, 2012, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that most religious institutions – including Catholic hospitals, schools and social service agencies – would not be exempted from a federal government requirement that employee health plans must provide free contraceptives. The announcement was a death knell for religious liberty in the United States.

Jan. 18, 2012 - Relativism has tried to convince us that abortion is a fundamental right, and that life itself is not. Despite this tragic circumstance, we have reason for hope—namely, the work of Jesus Christ in our lives, in our families and in our country.

Jan. 11, 2012 - Among proposed 2012 Colorado legislation is a bill to promote 'civil-unions,' which will give state protections to homosexual relationships, affording these unions the same rights, benefits and safeguards that come with marriage. This will further erode the unique status of marriage.