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Catholic Social Teaching

Novena: Religious Liberty

Day 1 Daily Novena Prayer Virgin Mary, patroness of America, Please prepare our hearts as we take part in this year’s elections. Help us to humbly receive the wisdom of the Church, and to accept the importance of Her teachings … Continue reading →

Hahn, Richert emphasize importance of engaging in local politics

(September 30, 2016 – The Catholic Spirit – Matthew Davis) Presidential election mania often overshadows the multitude of critical races other than the one for the White House. “[It’s] through the local level where we restore the foundation and begin … Continue reading →

Catholic group runs ad in Minnesota to expose ‘Catholics for Choice’ falsehoods

(September 27, 2016 – Life Site News – Claire Chretien)  The Catholic Defense League of Minnesota (CDLMN) responded to a recent pro-abortion ad campaign from a dissident “Catholic” group by releasing its own Minneapolis Star Tribune ad clarifying Church teaching … Continue reading →

Mother Teresa and Conscience Formation

During election season, we hear a great deal about “following our consciences” and the need for conscience formation. The U.S. bishops offer their guide to faithful citizenship so that the principles of Catholic social teaching might inform our election day … Continue reading →

Catholics for Choice ‘woefully’ misrepresent Church teaching

(September 14, 2016 – Catholic News Agency/EWTN) After a dissenting Catholic group recently circulated an ad campaign promoting publicly funded abortions, bishops have fired back by reaffirming the Catholic Church’s teaching against abortion and reiterating the value of every human … Continue reading →

‘Abortion Is Catholic Social Justice’ Campaign Draws Wide Catholic Rebuke

(September 14, 2016 – National Catholic Register – Peter Jesserer Smith) Rebuking the abortion lobby group ‘Catholics for Choice,’ the U.S. bishops and lay leaders say Catholic social justice requires Catholics to love both mother and unborn child. A full-page … Continue reading →

Ads distort Catholic teaching on sanctity of life, says state conference

(September 13, 2016 – Catholic News Service) The Minnesota Catholic Conference declared that a national advertising campaign to restore federal tax funds for abortions “woefully misrepresents the noble Catholic social justice tradition.”   The campaign, by Catholics for Choice, “disregards … Continue reading →

Minnesota Catholic Conference statement concerning today’s “Catholics for Choice” national ad campaign

September 12, 2016 A recent full-page advertisement in the Star Tribune, paid for by a national group calling themselves “Catholics for Choice,” woefully misrepresents the noble Catholic social justice tradition. By calling for public funding of abortion, “Catholics for Choice” … Continue reading →

Casting a Principled, Informed Vote this November

An election year message from the Roman Catholic bishops of Minnesota (PDF Version) Faithful Citizenship means prayerful, active, and responsible participation in the political process. That includes knowledgeably exercising the right to vote with a well-formed conscience. Voting is a … Continue reading →

USCCB: General Counsel Urges NIH Not To Fund Unethical Human/Animal Chimera Research

(September 2, 2016) WASHINGTON—The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) submitted comments September 2 to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Science Policy on the proposed authorization of federally-funded human/animal chimera research. Comments objecting to that proposal were … Continue reading →

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