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“We can take concrete steps to move toward other Christian churches in joyful welcome, daring to move from a once-a-year prayer with strangers to at least a dialogue of charity.”

Father Alan Wielinski and Lutheran Pastor Ben Durbin dialogue about their experiences of Christian unity.

“It’s time for our faith to drive our politics, instead of the other way around.”

The Minnesota Catholic Conference, the public policy voice of the Catholic Church in Minnesota, is providing updates twice a month during the state legislative session.

Pope Francis’ encyclical “Fratelli Tutti” reminds us that we are all called to love one another, including those on the peripheries of society.

We need those who can speak for humility, for selflessness and for the common good and to find ways to dismantle the barriers so many of us have helped erect.

We cannot know what the next 12 months will bring, but one truth is certain: If you’re reading these words, then 2021 has arrived and brought you with it.

“Her story speaks to us now as we look back at 2020, a year that delivered more than one crisis in succession. As we process the fear and the loss, may we follow Violet’s lead.”