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. 30, 2012 - Many of my single friends tell me that the single life is fraught with anxiety-what is my vocation?  What is my place in the Church? What is my place in my family?  What is my place in my community?

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. 25, 2011 - And Christmas always brings out the very best in humanity. Why is this? In the words of the great English convert to the Catholic faith of the last century, GK Chesterton: 'because Christmas is that mysterious revelation that brought joy upon earth.'

 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. 11, 2011 - In Advent Mary comes to us as a pregnant mother, she comes to us with Jesus in her womb. She asks us to walk with her to Bethlehem and to be with her, to be at her side with St. Joseph as she gives birth to our Savior, the Messiah. So Advent is a perfect time to honor Mary as the pregnant Mother of Jesus.

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. 

Dec. 4, 2011 - Because Christmas falls on a Sunday this year, we have the privilege of celebrating four full weeks of Advent, an occurrence that happens only once every seven years. We all know how very quickly the season of Advent passes, so having these few extra days to prepare for Christmas is a great blessing.

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. 27, 2011 - While it is true that every Advent we wait in hopeful expectation for the celebration of the birth of Jesus on Christmas day, this holy season is more than just an historical remembrance, more than just a nostalgic retelling of the Christmas story, more than just a commemoration of a great event of the past - as wonderful and marvelous as the historical birth of Jesus was.

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.

Nov. 16, 2011 - Each gesture, each bodily movement at Mass is designed to draw us into God’s presence.  The gestures are familiar to us—but we may not think about their meanings.  Each one expresses the reality of God’s love and each one reminds us that our religion is incarnational.

Nov. 14, 2011 - On Sunday, on Nov. 27, the First Sunday of Advent, millions of Catholics throughout the United States will begin praying a new English translation of the Mass. The new English translation will provide a more literal rendering of the original Latin texts that have guided the Catholic liturgy for over 2,000 years.

Nov. 9, 2011 - Silence is a rare thing in contemporary culture.  Rarely in the world do we encounter a silent moment. Media blares and, more than that, we are a people who talk a lot. In some ways, our culture seems uncomfortable with silence.

Nov. 5, 2011 - 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. 2, 2011 - How we handle objects says a lot about how we regard them.  When looking at fine jewelry, for example, we are mindful to handle the gems carefully. When it comes to the holy Eucharist, the living sacramental presence of Jesus Christ, this should be true all the more.

Oct. 30, 2011 - In the past year, I have been thinking and writing a lot about this new edition of the Roman Missal. Let me tell you why: Because in this new translation, I think we have a once in a lifetime opportunity - as a Church, and as believers.

Oct. 26, 2011 - We are connected, at the foot of the cross, to those who have gone before us in death, marked with faith in Jesus Christ. It is not an accident that as we end the month of the rosary, we begin November with two days in which we remember the dead.

Oct. 12, 2011 - The time has nearly arrived. Six weeks from this Sunday, on Nov. 27, the First Sunday of Advent, the Catholic Church in the United States will begin praying a new English translation of the Mass.
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Oct. 5, 2011 - I urge you to commit to the rosary this month.  Join fellow Catholics in praying the rosary.  Pray the rosary with your family. I promise that as you come to know Mary, Jesus Christ will be made present to you!

Sept. 28, 2011 - After 13 years in prison — nine of them in solitary confinement, Bishop Van Thuan was praised for his heroic leadership. But he saw his life as that of an ordinary Christian leader responding to injustice. Today, more than ever, Christianity needs leaders committed to truth in the face of injustice.

September 21, 2011 - Our Creator knitted the truth about intimacy and affection into our very being.  We are designed to love another because we are designed in the image and likeness of God (Gn 1:27).  But only chaste love, in keeping with our design, will produce lasting joy.

Sept. 16, 2011 - Bishop James D. Conley has been named apostolic administrator of the Denver Archdiocese. An apostolic administrator is appointed by the pope to lead a diocese during the period between bishops. In other words, Bishop Conley has been entrusted with the authority of the diocesan bishop to teach, sanctify and lead Catholics residing within Northern Colorado.

Sept. 14, 2011 - For 14 years, we have been graced with the fine leadership of Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap.  For many of us, he has been a friend, a pastor, a mentor and a spiritual father. As we resume our Christian life together in the absence of Archbishop Chaput, we might be uneasy about the world, the future, or our own weaknesses.

May 14, 2011 - Most Rev. James D. Conley, S.T.L., Auxiliary Bishop of Denver, delivered the following acceptance remarks upon reception of an Honorary Doctorate from Christendom College during the 2011 graduation ceremonies.