Colorado Catholic Conference

HB26-1335, about stockpiling abortion pills on college campuses, is being heard on the House floor. argued that pastors and religion should have no opinion on the destruction of human life via abortion. One of the primary roles of the Church is to speak on moral formation of individuals and society, which includes abortion. There is no political, constitutional, philosophical or theological basis to the claim that faith and politics cannot coexist. Actually, the latter depends on the former. From the time of the Founding, our leaders recognized that a faithful citizenry was needed to preserve a moral society and self government. The so-called “wall of separation” penned by Jefferson to the Danbury baptists only applied to state organized religion, as did the First Amendment. Indeed, a young woman in crisis pregnancy NEEDS to understand the impact of abortion on her own soul, her health, and her baby. Arguing that religion and pastors should be absent of this conversation is a poor understanding of our founding, our constitution, and the role and need of the Church in civic life.

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The Colorado Catholic Conference of Bishops celebrates the Protect Kids Colorado initiatives securing their place on the November ballot! Now we must make these ballot propositions law!

# 108 Penalties for Human Trafficking of a Minor initiative strengthens laws against the s*x trafficking of children, including changing the crime from a class 2 felony to a class 1 felony with a mandatory sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole or release.

#109 Male and Female Participation in School Sports initiative requires all interscholastic and intermural athletic programs to be expressly designated based on biological s*x as either for men, women, or coeducational (co-ed).

#110 Prohibit Certain Surgeries on Minors
initiative prohibits medical providers from knowingly performing, prescribing, or administering a medical intervention or surgery on a minor with the intent to alter their biological s*x and prohibits state funding from being used for such medical interventions or surgeries.

https://www.cpr.org/2026/03/20/catholic-bishops-transgender-ballot/?fbclid=IwdGRleAQwVZJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEehEUkaBT7kHO3AkX2Mmo2TjFJVFIl_R5-VVD5hmWQDO2m0gHQW9Rfj3PMpEY_aem_VZYN35nYD5MLsgEhR8xYeg

Colorado’s Catholic bishops back ballot measures on transgender youth Initiatives 109 and 110 would change how transgender youth can participate in sports and limit gender-affirming care.

Yesterday we celebrated the Feast of Christ the King. Today we should meditate further on what that means for our lives. With excerpts from Quas Prima, the encyclical promulgated by Pope Pius XI instituting the feast of Christ the King, we can better understand how to make Christ the King of our hearts and the world.