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.

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. 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. 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. 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. 19, 2011 - Implementation of the new translation of the Roman Missal, which begins Nov. 27, 2011, is an opportunity to once again take a fresh look at the liturgy and its central place in the life of the Church. Bishop Conley explains how the changes are meant to safeguard the traditions of our faith, while at the same time reanimating it in a way that can be understood by modern man.

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. 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.

June 1, 2011 - The many good things offered by Girl Scouting in Colorado deserve praise from the Catholic community. Scouting and the Church have always had a very positive relationship. But parents, as the primary educators of their children, have every right to insist that their moral and religious beliefs be respected—not undermined—by the organizations to which they entrust their children.

May 25, 2011 (Denver Catholic Register) - In restoring a faithful translation of the Latin, the new Missal redirects our worship toward heaven, and reminds us how steeped our liturgical language is in the world of sacred Scripture.

May 18, 2011 (Denver Catholic Register) - The words we pray matter. What we pray helps to shape what we believe. Our prayer has implications for how we grasp the saving truths communicated to us through the liturgy.

May 11, 2011 (Denver Catholic Register) - Later this year, in Advent, the Church will introduce a major new English translation of the Mass with the third typical edition of the Roman Missal. What are Catholics going to make of changes in the words they pray and  hear the priest praying?

April 28, 2011 (Catholic News Agency) - Auxiliary Bishop of Denver James D. Conley praised the new translation of the Roman Missal, calling it the Church's “gift to our generation.”