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A Letter from Bishop Michael Hoeppner on the recent marriage law passage in MN

My Dear Christ’s Faithful of the Diocese of Crookston, Making “same-sex” unions marriage by law is unwise. Discrimination by definition i...

Posted by Most Rev. Michael Hoeppner on May 13, 2013

Diocese of Duluth Statement on Legislation to Redefine Marriage

“[Jesus] said in reply, ‘Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator “made them male and female” and said, “For this reason a m...

Posted by Most Rev. Paul Sirba on May 13, 2013

A Statement from Most Rev. John M. Quinn, Bishop of Winona, Regarding the Redefinition of Marriage in Minnesota

WINONA, MN – May 15, 2013 – The Governor of Minnesota, on May 14, 2013 signed into law legislation, that redefined the legal definition o...

Posted by Most Rev. John Quinn on May 13, 2013

Statement of the Most Reverend John M. LeVoir On the Passage of Same-Sex Marriage Legislation in Minnesota May 23, 2013

Same-Sex Marriage Law is Deeply Disturbing Same-sex marriage is now legal in Minnesota. I am deeply disturbed by this new law. Nature, re...

Posted by Bishop John Levoir on May 13, 2013

Statement on Senate Vote to Redefine Marriage in Minnesota

St. Paul, Minn (May 13, 2013)—Today the Minnesota Senate voted to redefine marriage in Minnesota. The outcome, though expected, is no les...

Posted by Minnesota Catholic Conference on May 13, 2013

Statement on House Vote to Redefine Marriage in Minnesota

St. Paul, Minn. (May 9, 2013)—The Minnesota Catholic Conference is disappointed that the Minnesota House of Representatives has voted to ...

Posted by Minnesota Catholic Conference on May 09, 2013

Minnesota’s Catholic and Lutheran Bishops Urge State Lawmakers to Protect Poor in Budget Negotiations

St. Paul, Minn (April 11, 2013)—Minnesota’s Roman Catholic and Evangelical Lutheran Church of America bishops issued an open letter this ...

Posted by Minnesota Catholic Conference on April 11, 2013

MCC Statement on the Defeat of the Marriage Protection Amendment

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ST. PAUL, Minn. (Nov. 7, 2012)— The Minnesota Catholic Conference (MCC), the public policy voice of the Catholic Ch...

Posted by Minnesota Catholic Conference on November 07, 2012

Minnesota Catholic Conference Mourns Passing of Former Executive Director Monsignor James D. Habiger

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE St. Paul, Minn (October 10, 2012)—Monsignor James D. Habiger, former executive director of the Minnesota Catholic C...

Posted by Minnesota Catholic Conference on October 10, 2012

Pope Leo XIV on Politics

Posted by Minnesota Catholic Conference on January 05, 2026

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 ...

Posted by Minnesota Catholic Conference on April 29, 2026

How the Minnesota Catholic Conference prioritizes advocacy resources

One of the biggest complaints that Minnesota Catholic Conference (MCC) staff receives, from both the public and legislators, about our pu...

Posted by Minnesota Catholic Conference on February 27, 2026