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Denver archbishop urges Colorado Catholics to fight passage of sex-ed bill

Jan 31, 2019

Colorado lawmakers are considering a bill to require all public schools and charter schools “to either use a comprehensive sex-ed curriculum that contradicts human nature and is inconsistent with Christian values, or to provide no instruction on sexuality at all,” Denver’s archbishop said in a letter read at all Masses Jan. 27.

By Catholic News Service

Bishops across U.S. condemn separation, detention of migrant children

Jun 19, 2018

From Denver to New York City, the country’s Catholic bishops have joined a chorus of organizations, institutions and high-profile individuals urging the Trump administration to stop separating children from their parents as they seek respite in the U.S. from dire conditions in their home countries, largely in Central America.

By Rhina Guidos

Church leaders offer prayers after school shooting near Houston
- May 19, 2018
Church leaders voiced their closeness to victims of a school shooting in Santa Fe, Texas on Friday, calling Catholics to pray for all those affected.

By Catholic News Agency
Denver prelate says ‘distorted sexuality’ proves ‘Humanae Vitae’ was right
- Feb 7, 2018
In a pastoral letter marking the 50th anniversary of ‘Humane Vitae,’ Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila of Denver says the text was “prophetic” in the way it “defended the integrity of married love.”

By Shannon Levitt
Denver Catholics answer America’s affordable housing crisis
- Oct 30, 2017
As America watches its supply of housing considered “affordable” for low-income families shrink by an estimated 60 percent since 2010, the Archdiocese of Denver is doing something about it by opening a new “Guadalupe Apartments” complex of affordable studio, one- and two-bedroom units, while continuing to run a 60-bed “Guadalupe Shelter” for the homeless on the same site.

By Shannon Levitt
Denver archbishop addresses teen social media use, suicide spike
- Oct 25, 2017
While the teenage years have “always been a time of uncertainty, as physiological and emotional development takes place,” Archbishop Samuel Aquila of Denver said, the pervasive influence of social media in today’s world adds a new dimension to adolescence in the 21st century. Data from recent government surveys indicate a huge spike in rates of adolescent depression and related mental health issues.

By Catholic News Agency