MCC in the Media
The Catholic Spirit: Canadian panel members share their experience of same-sex marriage laws
Archbishop Terrence Prendergast of Ottawa, Ontario, and other Canadians led a panel discussion on the impact of the 2005 same-sex marriag...
Continue reading…MPR News: Institution of Marriage is about What Kids Need, Not What Adults Want
Opponents of the marriage amendment are encouraging people to engage in “conversations” about why the amendment should be defeated. Those...
Continue reading…The Catholic Spirit: Faithful citizens care about marriage because they care about poverty
I hear it a lot, from non-Catholics and even Catholics: “Why doesn’t the Church spend more time fighting poverty and less time telling pe...
Continue reading…The Catholic Spirit: Marriage: Speaking the Truth With Love
By Archbishop John C. NienstedtIn two months, the people of the state of Minnesota will have an opportunity to exercise their right as ci...
Continue reading…Pioneer Press: In marriage amendment vote, a focus on the future
Minnesotans are not deciding this November whether same-sex couples can marry. They can't, under state law, and the outcome of the vote w...
Continue reading…The Catholic Spirit: Observing a 'Fortnight for Freedom'
I was asked last year to be a member of the Ad Hoc Committee for Religious Freedom for the United States bishops’ conference. I have been...
Continue reading…L’Osservatore Romano: The Message of the Church Never Changes
The following is an interview given by Archbishop John C. Nienstedt of St. Paul and Minneapolis to L’Osservatore Romano’s Nicola Gori (Ma...
Continue reading…The Catholic Spirit: Legislative Update - Education, Safety Net, Abortion Among Key Issues
The legislative session is set to end on April 30, and the deadline for bills to be heard in committee is fast approaching. Legislators a...
Continue reading…St. Cloud Times: Your Turn—Marriages Have Duty to Society
(by Jason Adkins, Editorial section) Too often, it seems, the good of marriage, if it is discussed at all, is confined to its private pur...
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