Saint Paul, MN, July 19, 2010 – Local Fair Trade Ambassadors are available in dioceses through the Midwest region to answer questions about Fair Trade and assist Catholic churches, schools, universities, and Catholic organizations who would like to incorporate the practice of Fair Trade.
Regional parish volunteers (called Ambassadors) have been trained by CRS Fair Trade, [...]
Teen abortions drop to lowest number ever as young people embrace life for their unborn babies
But Planned Parenthood sets new record even as state abortion numbers decline
ST. PAUL — Abortions performed on minors dropped sharply last year by a full 10 percent to a total of 579, according to a state report released today. Deaths [...]
As we commemorate our nation’s independence and its values of liberty and justice for all, it is a shocking fact that slavery and human trafficking have been experiencing a dramatic resurgence in recent years.
Trafficking in persons is the coerced use of people as a form of commerce, in slave labor and extreme forms of sexual [...]
Seminary to host diaconal formation institute
By Archbishop John C. Nienstedt
Thursday, 17 June 2010
Many of you know that I am more Irish than German. But my friends tell me that the German genes seem to dominate those of the Irish.A case in point is my approach to the central administration of the archdiocese. Since my [...]
Tuesday, June 1, 2010: “Planning With the Big Picture in Mind” click here to read Archbishop Nienstedt’s latest column in The Catholic Spirit.
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Department of Justice, Peace and Human Development has collaborated with eleven Catholic organizations to create a new Web site to help college students and campus ministers promote Catholic social teaching on campus. The Web site, “Transforming Our World: Our Catholic Faith in Action,” can be found at www.usccb.org/campus.
By Thomas Awiapo
Have you ever been frustrated, burdened and overwhelmed by the problems of our world? Have you ever been tempted to resign to fate and adapt the do-nothing-attitude? I have been hit hard and troubled by both. Today, I have been inspired by the words of the late Bishop Ken Untener (although often attributed [...]
August 10, 2009
Volume 4 Number 27
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Pope Links Peace with Protecting the Planet
July 29, ‘09 Update
Peace & Environment Theme for Pope Benedict’s 2010 World Day of Peace
“If you want to cultivate peace, protect the creation” is the theme chosen by Benedict XVI for his Message for the 43rd World Day of Peace celebrated January 1, 2010. “The theme,” says [...]
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