Inside the Capitol

  • The Social Justice and Marriage Connection

    Posted by · November 18, 2011 3:39 PM

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  • Occupy Wall Street? Let’s occupy the adoration chapels

    Posted by · November 10, 2011 9:45 AM

    The Occupy Wall Street movement has been the big story of the last few months.  What fictional “Wall Street” movie character Gordon Gekko called the NINJA generation (No Income, No Jobs, No Assets) is gathering to­gether in major urban centers to protest growing income inequality, a lousy economy in which there are few available jobs, and the feeling that our nation is ruled by a plutocracy of bankers and financial speculators.

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  • We Need Two to Be One

    Posted by · October 27, 2011 2:55 PM

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  • Welcome, You May Be Surprised at What You Find

    Posted by · October 26, 2011 3:25 PM

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  • Why a marriage protection amendment? Why now?

    Posted by · October 26, 2011 9:45 AM

    In November 2012, Minnesotans will have the chance to preserve in law the institution of marriage as the union of one man and one woman from activist judges and rogue legislators who seek to undermine this bedrock social institution.

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  • The Catholic Church doesn’t believe in human rights — Huh?

    Posted by · October 11, 2011 9:45 AM

    I found the reckless accusation, “The Catholic Church simply doesn’t believe in human rights” wedged between several other statements of supposed “facts” about the Catholic Church in the comment section of a recent online op-ed posting.

    Unfortunately, the sad fact is that there are many non-Catholics and Catholics alike who believe this is true to varying degrees.

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  • Practicing Christ’s message: Antidote to bullying pandemic

    Posted by · September 28, 2011 9:45 AM

    As I have loved you, so you should love one another. This is how I will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.   (John 13:34-35)

    Although bullying has been around for generations, and affects nearly all children, solutions have been evasive.

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  • The economy and the justice owed to God

    Posted by · September 15, 2011 9:45 AM

    It has long been a tradition within the church on the anniversary of a noteworthy event or document to reflect on it and view its contents again with hindsight and some historical distance. This is especially true of papal social encyclicals — teaching documents that treat a specific topic or theme and apply ancient wisdom to “the signs of the times.”

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  • The DREAM Act and the need for moral creativity

    Posted by · August 31, 2011 10:00 AM

    American immigration reform remains a heated political issue. But it is not just a theoretical political issue; it is a humanitarian one that impacts the basic dignity and life of a person, and at a broader level, the common good. It is foremost a moral issue.

    Because of the grave humanitarian considerations of the debate, Catholics must welcome discussion about immigration and the challenges it presents.

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