Pages tagged "Marriage and Family"

The Catholic Spirit: Canadian panel members share their experience of same-sex marriage laws

Archbishop Terrence Prendergast of Ottawa, Ontario, and other Canadians led a panel discussion on the impact of the 2005 same-sex marriag...

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MPR News: Institution of Marriage is about What Kids Need, Not What Adults Want

Opponents of the marriage amendment are encouraging people to engage in “conversations” about why the amendment should be defeated. Those...

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Matt Birk Speaks on Importance of MN Marriage Amendment in New Online Video

NFL Star and Minnesota Native Talks about the Importance of Moms and Dads, Risk of Marriage Redefinition in Minnesota ST. PAUL, Minn. (Oc...

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Matt Birk speaks on the Minnesota Marriage Protection Amendment

NFL all-pro and Minnesota native Matt Birk talks marriage redefinition in Minnesota. 

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Take Action! Five Ways to Support Marriage Between Now and November 6th

As we get closer to the election (November 6), the Minnesota Catholic Conference would like to share some important ways you and your fam...

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The Catholic Spirit: Faithful citizens care about marriage because they care about poverty

I hear it a lot, from non-Catholics and even Catholics: “Why doesn’t the Church spend more time fighting poverty and less time telling pe...

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Statement regarding the Statewide Marriage Amendment Mailing from Minnesota Bishops

Every Catholic household in Minnesota was or will be mailed a letter from their respective bishop encouraging them to vote “Yes” for the ...

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Events aim to communicate fundamental ‘yes’ of Gospel

Over the last several years, it has been my honor to participate in a number of “Reclaiming the Culture of Marriage” events that have bee...

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The Catholic Spirit: Marriage: Speaking the Truth With Love

By Archbishop John C. NienstedtIn two months, the people of the state of Minnesota will have an opportunity to exercise their right as ci...

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Defending marriage: Good science can reinforce what we know by faith and reason

A ground-breaking study was released on June 10 that provides one of the first large-scale, random-sample, independent, peer-reviewed, pu...

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