Tag: Catholic
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U.S. Supreme Court will hear challenge from Colorado Catholic preschools on state funding exclusion
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will hear from Catholic preschools that say Colorado violated their religious rights by excluding them from a state-funded “universal” pre-kindergarten program over their admission policies. The court agreed on Monday to take up the appeal from St. Mary Catholic Parish in its challenge against a state program. That challenge…
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Archbishop Golka installed as new spiritual leader for Denver Catholics
The Catholic Church celebrated the passing of the baton for the most important spiritual position in Denver on Wednesday. More accurately, it was the passing of a golden shepherd’s staff. Cardinal Christophe Pierre, the apostolic nuncio and U.S. ambassador for Pope Leo XIV, read out loud the official letter from the pope declaring the former…
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Mass atop every Colorado 14er: Catholic priests take message to new heights
One of these days atop a 14,000-foot peak in Colorado, you might just spot two men in white robes, the wind blowing those vestments, their fingers cold on the chalices that are smaller than those typically seen on an altar — smaller for the pack on the way up. That’s Father John Nepil and Father…
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Lillies of the Colorado field: The curious life of Colorado’s cloistered nuns
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Sister Assunta rejoiced over the anomaly of a single egg laid in the heat of the afternoon. “Look! It’s a miracle! One straggler just for you!” The 33-year-old North Face cap and rubber-boot wearing Benedictine nun was a “success” story in another life. The Baylor…
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Jury to decide whether Centura improperly fired doctor who supported aid-in-dying, appeals court rules
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado’s second-highest court ruled on Thursday that a jury will decide whether Centura Health Corp. fired a physician for violating its policy against aid-in-dying, as Centura claims, or for events outside of her work, as the doctor claims. Barbara Morris’ lawsuit against her former employer attracted…
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Bishops to Catholic legislators who voted for abortion bill: Don’t take communion
Catholic legislators who voted for legislation to enshrine abortion rights and defy Catholic leaders’ request to not partake of the Eucharist commit a sacrilege and live in contradiction, behavior that, under church teachings, can only be remedied by repentance and absolution. But the Catholic leaders said the church won’t monitor whether the 10 Catholic members of…
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Lawsuit against Archdiocese of Denver among the first brought under new victim rights law
A Colorado man has filed a lawsuit against the Archdiocese of Denver for the sexual abuse he reportedly suffered as a child, using a new state law that enables survivors to hold organizations liable for abuse decades in the past. The legal action now pending in Denver District Court is one of the first to…