Tag: Minnesota Catholic Conference
Walz’s budget proposal slashes key funding for private school students
Gov. Tim Walz’s latest budget proposal eliminates funding for nonpublic pupil aid and nonpublic pupil transportation aid, cutting resources that have supported Minnesota’s private...
Minnesota’s Catholic bishops write Walz opposing sports betting bill
As Republican and Democrat legislators prepare to—again—align themselves on both sides of the sports betting issue, Minnesota’s Catholic bishops wrote Gov. Tim Walz earlier...
Minnesota bishops urge Catholics to vote ahead of 2024 election
As the nation gears up for the 2024 election, the Minnesota Catholic Conference has released a video where the state’s bishops encourage Catholics to...
Controversial ‘Equal Rights Amendment’ clears key House committee
A proposed “Equal Rights Amendment” to the Minnesota Constitution would go before voters in the 2026 election under language approved by a key committee...
Religious groups accuse state Democrats of ‘tremendous act of hostility’
A Democratic-controlled Minnesota Senate committee voted down an amendment overnight that would have restored protections for religious institutions against claims of “gender identity discrimination.”
Until...
Lawmakers aim to outlaw sale of human bones before ‘oddities’ expo...
A bill that would make it illegal to sell human bones for commercial purposes in Minnesota is working its way through the legislature. DFL...
ERA would create ‘blank check’ to discriminate against people of faith,...
The Minnesota Queer Caucus held a press conference Thursday to reaffirm their support for the so-called "Equal Rights Amendment" (ERA). Attempting to enshrine abortion...
Democrats to hold hearing Thursday, ahead of session, on assisted suicide...
Two DFLers who have been pushing legislation that would allow doctors to prescribe “end of life” pills to terminally-ill people under certain circumstances are...
Pro-Choice Catholics Reject Church Teachings in Star Tribune Ad
An advocacy group claiming to be Catholics in favor of abortion took out a full page ad in the Star Tribune.
Catholics for Choice’s advertisement...