Pages tagged "Faithful Citizenship"
CNA/EWTN: Election year got you down? Don’t despair, Minnesota bishop urges
(October 31, 2016 – Catholic News Agency/EWTN News) When Bishop Andrew Cozzens was recently filling up his gas tank, a stranger approach...
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…Make voting ‘down ballot’ a top priority
Over the past several months, many faithful Catholics have expressed deep dissatisfaction with this year’s presidential election, and und...
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…The Catholic Spirit: Hahn, Richert emphasize importance of engaging in local politics
(September 30, 2016 – The Catholic Spirit – Matthew Davis) Presidential election mania often overshadows the multitude of critical races ...
Continue reading…Getting voting right
The level of distaste for both major parties’ presidential candidates is at a historic high. In the midst of this discontent, the traces ...
Continue reading…How to caucus: MCC explains
Minnesota has a proud history of civic engagement, and the caucus system is part of that legacy. As Catholics, caucusing provides us an o...
Continue reading…A political examination of conscience
Pope Francis’ recent speeches to Congress and to the United Nations were models of Church engagement in the public arena. By re-framing t...
Continue reading…Power politics vs. faithful citizenship
If a decline in the percentage of people who vote is any indication, people are disheartened with our political system. There seems to be...
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...
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