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ANNA MARIA BASQUEZ

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September 7, 2018  |  By ANNA MARIA BASQUEZ
DUBLIN, Ireland. The Irish and families from around the world welcomed the visit of Pope Francis to celebrate the closing Mass for the World Meeting of Families in Dublin on Aug. 26, saying that the pope brought a fresh wave of hope.
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August 3, 2018  |  By ANNA MARIA BASQUEZ
DENVER. Although many people attribute Catholics’ widespread rejection of “Humanae Vitae” to the sexual revolution of the 1960s, one moral theologian said the Catholic Church needs to look elsewhere to discover the roots of the problem.
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March 2, 2018  |  By ANNA MARIA BASQUEZ
NORTHGLENN, Colo. Speaking to a standing-room only crowd at Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish in Northglenn on Feb. 6, Bishop Robert Barron called on Catholics to push back on the pervasive cultural idea that there is no absolute truth.
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October 20, 2017  |  By ANNA MARIA BASQUEZ
DENVER. Australian Catholic author and speaker Matthew Kelly told a sold-out crowd of more than 1,000 people that taking time for silence each day is crucial to living a full and meaningful life.
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October 6, 2017  |  By ANNA MARIA BASQUEZ
DENVER. EWTN personality Father Leo Patalinghug spiced up the Catholic Medical Association 2017 Annual Educational Conference in Denver in September, cooking up a “Penne  à la Vodka” while talking nutrition and family.
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Father Pacwa speaks to packed crowd at Pikes Peak Center

Fatima messages are relevant today, says noted speaker
August 18, 2017  |  By ANNA MARIA BASQUEZ
COLORADO SPRINGS. The three Portuguese children to whom the Blessed Mother appeared six times in 1917 were not chosen at random but rather were open to Mary’s messages because of the spiritual preparation they had undergone — a lesson that we should all take to heart, Jesuit Father Mitch Pacwa told a record-breaking crowd at Pikes Peak Center in downtown Colorado Springs on Aug. 4.
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May 18, 2017  |  By ANNA MARIA BASQUEZ
FATIMA, Portugal. St. Jacinta’s “insatiable” thirst to sacrifice daily for souls and St. Francisco’s devotion to praying the rosary were on the hearts of pilgrims who joined more than half a million people to attend the May 13 Mass in Fatima, Portugal, during which the two children were canonized by Pope Francis. Pilgrims traveled by all modes of transportation — even walking sticks — from near and far to pay tribute on the 100th anniversary of the first of six once-per-month visions of Mary to three children of Fatima.
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September 19, 2016  |  By ANNA MARIA BASQUEZ
COLORADO SPRINGS. Father Jason Keas, pastor of Sacred Heart Parish in Cheyenne Wells and St. Augustine Parish in Kit Carson, served alongside Denver’s Archbishop Samuel Aquila at the Thanksgiving Mass for the canonization of St. Teresa Calcutta on Sept. 4.

He then concelebrated with Cardinal James Stafford for the first ever feast day of St. Teresa on Sept. 5. Both Masses were held at St. Joseph’s Church in Denver.
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