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Faith in the Public Arena

Faith in the Public Arena

Gun control: What does the Church say?

While stricter gun laws are necessary, the bishops emphasize that they are not sufficient alone to curb gun violence
Faith in the Public Arena

Rights of the disabled, the United States and the Holy See

What could be so problematic about an international treaty that aims to protect and promote the rights of the disabled?
Faith in the Public Arena

Envisioning a Minnesota without poverty

Earlier this month a coalition called “A Minnesota Without Poverty” convened an anti-poverty conference involving some 40 non-profit advocacy groups to collaborate, reinvigorate and bring fruition to the recommendations of the Legislative Commission to End Poverty in Minnesota by 2020, issued in 2009.
Faith in the Public Arena

Opportunity to deepen faith, take action on Immigration Sunday

Statewide Immigration Sunday Minnesota is being held again on the Feast of the Epiphany of Our Lord, which is Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013.
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Elections and the culture: What we learned in 2012

During the 2012 election season, the Church actively supported a number of issue-oriented ballot referenda initiatives around the country. Most of them failed to pass.
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Conscience and the marriage amendment

Since the Minnesota marriage amendment was placed on the ballot last year, and even before that, the Catholic Church in Minnesota has been educating Catholics about what marriage is, why it is important and the challenges all of society will likely face if it is redefined.
Faith in the Public Arena

Understanding the church’s teaching on immigration

Many Catholics have trouble on occasion aligning themselves with the church when it takes a position on matters of public policy.
Faith in the Public Arena

Encouraging an economy of participation

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Labor Day statement, “Placing Work and Workers at the Center of Economic Life” declares that the cure to our current crisis is a “national economic renewal that places working people and their families at the center of economic life.”
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Events aim to communicate fundamental ‘yes’ of Gospel

Like all vocations, which it surely is, marriage is demanding and requires self-mastery if it is to blossom into the full image of God’s love for his church. It also requires an acknowledgment that marriage is not ours to define, but rather a gift to receive and to cherish as it has been given by God.
Faith in the Public Arena

Defending marriage:

Good science can reinforce what we know by faith and reason

Faith in the Public Arena

Abroad, at home: Staying informed on religious freedom

“Remember those who are in prison, as though in prison with them, and those who are ill-treated, since you are also in the body” (Hebrews 13:3).
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