Pages tagged "Marriage and Family"
Letter from Mr. Shawn Peterson to Senate Human Services Reform Finance and Policy Committee Members regarding the Minnesota Family Investment Program (MFIP)
Dear Senate Human Services Reform Finance and Policy Committee Members:The Minnesota Catholic Conference, the public policy voice of the ...
Continue reading…Failure of all-or-nothing politics
Even someone as accustomed to political victory as Otto von Bismarck said that “[p]olitics is the art of the possible, the attainable — t...
Continue reading…Culture of relativism harming families, individuals, society
As people from around the world gather in Philadelphia for the World Meeting of Families, it is important to take stock of one of the dee...
Continue reading…Bishop John Quinn’s response to Supreme Court ruling on marriage
To the Faithful of the Diocese of Winona: Commit to Faith in Christ Jesus and Our Daily Relationships Last week on June 26, 2015 the Supr...
Continue reading…Bishop Hoeppner’s statement regarding the United States Supreme Court decision Obergefell v. Hodges
On June 26, 2015, the Supreme Court of the United States, by a vote of 5-4, ruled that same-sex marriage is a fundamental human right gua...
Continue reading…The dead end of gender theory
Pope Francis has been talking a lot lately about what he is calling “gender theory.” He has called it an “anthropological regression” tha...
Continue reading…The Defense of Marriage and the Right of Religious Freedom: Reaffirming a Shared Witness
An Open Letter from Religious Leaders to All in Positions of Public Service Released April 23, 2015 Dear Friends:At this significant time...
Continue reading…Testimony from Kathryn Mollen Opposing Private Divorce Program, H.F. 1348
Testimony for H.F. 1348Cooperative Private Divorce ProgramApril 21, 2015 Madame Chair and Members of the Committee: My name is Kathryn Mo...
Continue reading…Washing our hands of religious liberty
The debate over the Indiana Religious Freedom Restoration Act has brought us clarity. If you have wondered to what extent some advocates ...
Continue reading…The Visitor: State's Catholic bishops highlight policy priorities in meetings with governor, legislators
For Bishop Donald Kettler and the other Catholic bishops of Minnesota, spending a “day on the hill” March 5 with Gov. Mark Dayton and sta...
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