Press Releases & Statements
Federal tax bill must include key moral considerations
Congress should pass a final tax bill only if it assists the poor and vulnerable, as well as working families. The Minnesota Catholic Con...
Continue reading…Bishop Sirba: Racism and political violence are “completely incompatible with the Christian faith”
Statement from the Most Reverend Paul Sirba, Bishop of the Diocese of Duluth, August 17, 2017:“I join with Catholic bishops across the co...
Continue reading…Archbishop Hebda offers opening prayer for 2017-18 legislative session
Delivered to Members of the Minnesota State House of Representatives God of all Creation,The majestic beauty of our State reminds us that...
Continue reading…2017 Session Recap
Session is over and a budget has been created for the next biennium. Here’s how key MCC legislation fared: Opportunity Scholarships left...
Continue reading…Election 2016: Prayer, hope in Christ can be our guide at the polls
One evening a couple of weeks ago, I was filling up my car at a gas station and a man whom I did not know came up to me and said, “Father...
Continue reading…Casting a Principled, Informed Vote this November
Faithful Citizenship means prayerful, active, and responsible participation in the political process. That includes knowledgeably exerci...
Continue reading…Minnesota Catholic Conference statement concerning today’s “Catholics for Choice” national ad campaign
A recent full-page advertisement in the Star Tribune, paid for by a national group calling themselves “Catholics for Choice,” woefully...
Continue reading…Minnesotans gather to discuss local, national response to Pope Francis ecology encyclical
Faith leaders, others discuss ways to nurture ‘ecological conversion’ in churches, homes, and the broader Minnesota communitySt. Paul, Mi...
Continue reading…Bishop John Quinn’s response to Supreme Court ruling on marriage
To the Faithful of the Diocese of Winona: Commit to Faith in Christ Jesus and Our Daily Relationships Last week on June 26, 2015 the Supr...
Continue reading…Address of Pope Leo XIV at the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy
Your Eminence,Your Excellencies.Dear Superiors and Students of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy I am pleased to make my first visit ...
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