Pages tagged "Civic Participation"

Finishing prison sentence should bring back voting rights

The Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church states that “participation in community life is not only one of the greatest aspirati...

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The public arena is a mission field

Pope Francis has called us to understand the Church’s structures and institutions through “a missionary key.” He has stated (and tweeted!...

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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 ...

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Elections and the culture: What we learned in 2012

During the 2012 election season, the Church actively supported a number of issue-oriented ballot referenda initiatives around the country...

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Voter ID offers chance to clarify church role in public arena

In any given legislative session in Minnesota, thousands of bills are introduced on every subject imaginable. The Church does not pronoun...

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State government shutdown: A wake-up call to mend our civic culture

Now that our elected leaders have collided in a game of “chicken” and significant portions of state government are idled, a pall has been...

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The church will not remain silent in public square

We hear it in various forms. Some complain that the church should not be speaking out on divisive issues, but in­stead should spend its t...

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