Feb. 8, 2012 - Navigating our Catholic responsibilities in the American landscape is a challenge. But it is a challenge each of us must undertake. One of the keynote speakers at this year's Living the Catholic Faith Conference, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, has spent a lifetime working to navigate the responsibilities of a Catholic in America's civil government.

Feb. 1, 2012 - This week, Jan. 29-Feb. 5, is recognized in the United States as Catholic Schools Week. In the Archdiocese of Denver, where more than 10,000 students attend Catholic schools, it is an honor to recognize the importance of our school system—the largest private school system in Colorado.

Jan. 25, 2012 - On Friday, Jan. 20, 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. 25, 2012 - Today, the feast of the Conversion of St. Paul, marks the conclusion of the annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity—a week in which the Church calls us to pray with non-Catholic Christians that our Church may be one.

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.

 Dec. 21, 2011 - Christ Jesus, our King, was announced to all creation by a star rising in the eastern sky. I sometimes wonder why the Magi were watching the sky in the first place. What were they watching for?

Dec. 7, 2011 - I have been blessed to make many pilgrimages in my Catholic life. I have walked an ancient pilgrims’ path in Spain. I have prayed in Lourdes, where our Blessed Mother appeared. I have walked in the Holy Land, in the footsteps of  Jesus. This June, I will lead a 10-day pilgrimage to the Eucharistic Congress in Dublin, Ireland. 

Nov. 30, 2011 - This column is adapted from Bishop Conley’s Nov. 6 address at a benefit for the White Rose Women’s Center in Dallas. From the very beginning, the pro-life movement has never been only a political movement. Like the abolitionists, and the civil rights movement, our movement has always been about human rights and the moral and spiritual renewal of our country. I believe our biggest challenge moving forward is the increasing hostility to religion in our society and the growing restrictions on religious expression that we face in American public life.

Nov. 23, 2011 - I am excited about the new Roman Missal translation because the worship of God is the most important thing we can do as Catholics.  I believe that the new translation of the Roman Missal will allow us to understand more clearly than ever before, who God is and how much he loves us.