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Inside the Capitol
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Everyone is called to be a witness
Posted by Jason Adkins · June 09, 2016 1:00 PM
The Church in the United States will once again observe the Fortnight for Freedom June 21-July 4. This two-week period is an opportunity for the whole Church to pray, study and reflect upon the great gift of religious freedom — our first, most cherished liberty.
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Offering the best of ourselves
Posted by Minnesota Catholic Conference · May 20, 2016 8:49 AM
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School choice: How does it benefit me?
Posted by Minnesota Catholic Conference · May 09, 2016 1:38 PM
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‘The Joy of Love’ and family policy
Posted by Jonathan Liedl · April 27, 2016 1:15 PM
In his recently released exhortation, “Amoris Laetitia” (“The Joy of Love”), Pope Francis affirms the family as the foundational unit of society, the place where children are nurtured and formed in love and where spouses grow in self-giving. “The welfare of the family,” the Holy Father says, “is decisive for the future of the world and that of the Church.”
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Cuba: a mini-compendium of Catholic social doctrine
Posted by Jason Adkins · April 14, 2016 1:30 PM
Integrating Cuba more deeply into the family of nations has been a major priority of the last three popes. Each of these popes has visited Cuba, and Pope Francis’ personal appeal to President Obama and Raul Castro has led to breakthroughs in diplomatic and cultural relations, the release of political prisoners and the removal of many travel restrictions between the two nations.
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Bishops’ visit to Capitol models faithful citizenship
Posted by Jonathan Liedl · March 31, 2016 1:00 PM
When the bishops of Minnesota had breakfast with Gov. Mark Dayton and met with legislators at the State Capitol in mid-March, they weren’t just “keeping up appearances.” Beyond the pleasantries and the occasional photo-op, the day was a powerful encapsulation of the mission of the Minnesota Catholic Conference: to protect human dignity and advance the common good by living out the Church’s right and responsibility to participate in public conversation about laws and policies.
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The state budget: finding the right "measure"
Posted by Jason Adkins · March 17, 2016 3:28 PM
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Minnesota’s budget: Finding the right ‘measure’
Posted by Jason Adkins · March 15, 2016 1:00 PM
One of the main debates at the State Capitol this year centers on what to do with a projected $900 million budget surplus, the result of anticipated revenues for this current budget biennium exceeding planned government expenditures.
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Failure of all-or-nothing politics
Posted by Shawn Peterson · March 02, 2016 1:00 PM
Even someone as accustomed to political victory as Otto von Bismarck said that “[p]olitics is the art of the possible, the attainable — the art of the next best.”
But too many elected officials today, mired in a political environment of hyper-partisanship and ideological rigidity, are unwilling and feel unable to compromise to find solutions if it means allowing an opponent’s policy to pass. Better, it seems, to do nothing than to allow the opposition to score even a single political point.