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Letter from Jason Adkins to legislators regarding drug sentencing reform
Dear Legislator: The Minnesota Catholic Conference, the public policy voice of the Catholic Church in Minnesota, writes to express suppor...
Continue reading…Letter from Jason Adkins to Senate Tax Committee regarding internet sports gambling
Dear Senate Tax Committee Member: The Minnesota Catholic Conference, the public policy voice of the Catholic Church in Minnesota, writes ...
Continue reading…‘The Joy of Love’ and family policy
In his recently released exhortation, “Amoris Laetitia” (“The Joy of Love”), Pope Francis affirms the family as the foundational unit of ...
Continue reading…Testimony from Kathryn Mollen, supporting Drug Sentencing Reform (SF 3481, Latz)
Testimony of Ms. Kathryn Mollen, Policy and Outreach Coordinator Senate Judiciary Committee April 8, 2016 Drug Sentencing Reform: S.F. 34...
Continue reading…Minnesota’s budget: Finding the right ‘measure’
One of the main debates at the State Capitol this year centers on what to do with a projected $900 million budget surplus, the result of ...
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…Testimony in support of Drug Sentencing Reform Guidelines
Jason Adkins, Executive Director, Minnesota Catholic ConferenceSenate Judiciary Committee, February 22, 2016 Mr. Chairman and Members of ...
Continue reading…Surrogacy and the throwaway culture
Throughout his pontificate, Pope Francis has waged a war on the “throwaway culture,” in which anything can be commodified and given a dol...
Continue reading…Faith Communities Condemn Racist Murder in Charleston, S.C.
Minneapolis, Minn. (June 18, 2015) – The Minnesota Council of Churches, the Minnesota Catholic Conference, the Jewish Community Relations...
Continue reading…The Catholic Spirit: MCC ‘very proud’ of passage of prenatal diagnosis bill
Other legislation supported by Minnesota Catholic Conference didn’t fare as well during 2015 state legislative session Thanks to the work...
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