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Homosexuality and Reparative Therapy (NCBC)

Please go here to read this article from the National Catholic Bioethics Center (NCBC).

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Understanding Cooperation with Evil (NCBC)

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Catholic Spirit: Grassroots efforts aid Catholic Conference at 2014 Legislature

(by The Catholic Spirit) May 22, 2014 Every state legislative session presents its own challenges and opportunities, and the 2014 session was no different, said Jason Adkins, executive director of the...

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Statement (MCC): Win for Hobby Lobby and Religious Liberty

IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 30, 2014 Minnesota Catholic Conference (MCC), the public policy voice of the Catholic Church in Minnesota, welcomes the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision today in the Hobby Lobby and...

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Media Statement (USCCB): Supreme Court Decision on Hobby Lobby

A Great Day for the Religious Freedom of Family Businesses June 30, 2014 Americans can follow faith in running closely held businesses Court leaves open whether ‘accommodation’ violates RFRA...

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News Release (USCCB): USCCB President, Diverse Religious Leaders Come...

RFRA passed in 1993 with overwhelming bipartisan support All religious faiths, including the most vulnerable, protected by federal law Americans should be free to live and work according to their faith...

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New York Post: A vital win for religious freedom

(by Joseph E. Kurtz, Archbishop of Louisville, President of USCCB) June 30, 2014 Pope Francis recently emphasized that “religious freedom is not simply freedom of thought or private worship. It is the...

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Jason Adkins on Relevant Radio – Immigration Reform and Religious Liberty

Jason Adkins spoke with Relevant Radio’s Glen Levern on June 26, 2014 about “Immigration Reform and the Religious Freedom to Serve.” Click on the link below and go to the June 2014 calendar page (use...

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News Release (USCCB): ‘More Respect for Religious Freedom’ Needed After...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 16, 2014)—Today the U.S. Senate voted against considering S. 2578, a bill empowering the federal government to override the Religious Freedom Restoration Act and other federal...

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News Release (USCCB): USCCB Chairmen Strongly Endorse the Inclusion Act

Religious liberty is for all Americans, including child welfare providers Inclusion Act remedies unjust discrimination Parental choice among adoption agencies needs to be protected WASHINGTON, D.C....

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Catholic Spirit: Building Babylon’s good without bending to its gods

(by Jason Adkins) September 24, 2014 The finest book of the late Richard John Neuhaus (though not his most well-known) is “American Babylon,” published posthumously in 2009. The book helpfully guides...

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Catholic Spirit: Washing our hands of religious liberty

(by Jason Adkins) April 9, 2015 The debate over the Indiana Religious Freedom Restoration Act has brought us clarity. If you have wondered to what extent some advocates for “tolerance” will “tolerate”...

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News Release (USCCB): Faith Leaders Reaffirm Commitment to Marriage and...

WASHINGTON D.C. (April 23, 2015)—A few days before the U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments on the rights of states to define marriage as the union of one man and one woman, more than 30 religious...

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The Defense of Marriage and the Right of Religious Freedom: Reaffirming a...

An Open Letter from Religious Leaders to All in Positions of Public Service            (PDF Version) Released April 23, 2015 Dear Friends: At this significant time in our nation’s history with the...

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Opposition to CHEER Act Amendment to SF 1458 (S1458A62)

Jason Adkins (PDF version) April 28, 2015 UNCONSTITUTIONAL:  The federal rule on which the CHEER Act is based has been held to insufficiently protect the conscience rights and religious liberty of...

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Catholic Spirit: Religious liberty: What are the threats, and what can...

(by Jessica Trygstad) July 1, 2015 In a country founded on Christian principles, more and more, secular culture is paving the way for a “de-Christianized” nation where religious liberty means people...

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Catholic Spirit: Speaker: Religious freedom starts from within

(by Susan Klemond) July 1, 2015 By cultivating freedom in their own hearts first through prayer and the Eucharist, Catholics will be best equipped to live their faith and promote religious freedom in a...

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CST Video #1 –“Life and Dignity of the Human Person”

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News Release (USCCB): U.S. Bishops To Meet November 16-19 in Baltimore,...

ROME (October 19, 2015)—The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) will meet, November 16-19, in Baltimore for their annual Fall General Assembly. The bishops will hear addresses by Archbishop...

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“Building Babylon’s Good without Bending to its gods” talk by Jason Adkins

(Video in 3 parts) Part 1 of the talk: Part 2 of the talk: Part 3 of the talk: The post “Building Babylon’s Good without Bending to its gods” talk by Jason Adkins appeared first on MNCC.

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