Catholics from every corner of the state came out last week to venerate the relics of St. Thomas More and St. John Fisher. Relics of the two English martyrs made stops in St. Paul, Cloquet, Bemidji, St. Cloud, New Ulm, … Continue reading →
Jason Adkins (PDF version) April 28, 2015 UNCONSTITUTIONAL: The federal rule on which the CHEER Act is based has been held to insufficiently protect the conscience rights and religious liberty of those who object to providing the mandated drugs and services. … Continue reading →
IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 30, 2014 Minnesota Catholic Conference (MCC), the public policy voice of the Catholic Church in Minnesota, welcomes the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision today in the Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Wood cases. The decision represents an important affirmation … Continue reading →
(by Jason Adkins) June 19, 2014 From June 21 to July 4, the Catholic Church in the United States will again observe the “Fortnight for Freedom,” dedicated to two weeks of prayer and education related to the importance of preserving … Continue reading →
(by Susan Klemond) Catholics who work at for-profit companies might not feel morally challenged by the fact that abortifacients, elective sterilization and contraceptives are now 100 percent covered under their health plans because they’re not obligated to use them. But … Continue reading →
(PDF of RELEASE) ST. PAUL, MINN (March 19, 2013)—Minnesota Catholic Conference (MCC), the public policy voice of the Catholic Church in Minnesota, has filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit supporting the … Continue reading →
WASHINGTON—The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) issued the following statement, October 12. Full text follows: Last night, the following statement was made during the Vice Presidential debate regarding the decision of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services … Continue reading →
(by Father Dan Griffith) August 16, 2012 Catholics in the United States have never represented a monolith with regard to any given issue. In many respects this is a good thing, as Catholicism and Catholic teaching transcend any given ideology … Continue reading →
Cites need to protect human life from conception to natural death, the rights of conscience, and the dignity of immigrant workers and their families as reasons St. Paul, Minn. (June 28, 2012)—In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling … Continue reading →
