Minnesota Catholic Conference calls on Congress and the President to amend the Affordable Care Act

Cites need to protect human life from conception to natural death, the rights of conscience, and the dignity of immigrant workers and the...

2012 Fortnight for Freedom Events and Resources

MN ‘Fortnight for Freedom’ Educational Series on Religious Liberty

WHAT: The Minnesota Catholic Conference (MCC) First Freedom Project is sponsoring a religious liberty public lecture series during the na...

The Catholic Spirit: Observing a 'Fortnight for Freedom'

I was asked last year to be a member of the Ad Hoc Committee for Religious Freedom for the United States bishops’ conference. I have been...

MN Catholic Conference launches ‘First Freedom Project’

Most people are familiar with the Scripture verse that we are to “render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things th...

MPR: Minnesota Groups Watch and Wait on Obama’s Health Policy Compromise

St. Paul, Minn. — Minnesota health plans and religious groups are taking a wait-and-see approach after the Obama administration announced...

FOX9: Minnesota Catholics Compare Birth Control Mandate to Pork Sandwiches

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The federal government’s birth control mandate is like forcing a Jewish or Muslim employer to provide pork sandwiches t...

Star Tribune: Catholic Leaders Will Not Be Silenced

It is not surprising to see the Star Tribune continue to beat the drum in opposition to the marriage protection amendment that will appea...

The Catholic Spirit: A Serious Threat to Religious Freedom

(by Archbishop John C. Nienstedt)September 15, 2011 I fully intended to publish “Part Two” of my commentary on the marvelous experience o...

Religious coalition statement: We will not remain silent

“If the church does not recapture its prophetic zeal, it will become an irrelevant social club without moral or spiritual authority. If t...