John Nienstedt

Catholics walk out of mass as anti-gay marriage letter from Archbishop Nienstedt is read

SEE ALSO:-- DeLeSalle student, during anti-gay school assembly, holds up sign: "I love my moms"-- Catholic school teacher forced to resign after disagreeing with church's gay marriage stance-- Twin Cities Archbishop: Same-sex marriage ban not debatableMinnesota's marriage amendment has caused a rift ... More >>

Archbishop John Nienstedt crusades against gay marriage

But increasingly, his flock of Minnesota Catholics isn't following

Judge reprimands priest convicted of crime for having consensual sex with adult woman

​Catholic priests' penchant for engaging in sexual relations with young boys has landed the church in hot water repeatedly in recent years.Priest Christopher Wenthe's case is a little different. In November, Wenthe, 47, was convicted of one count of third-degree criminal sexual assault for having ... More >>

Twin Cities Archbishop: Same-sex marriage ban not debatable

​The Archbishop of Minneapolis and St. Paul supports banning same-sex marriage, and he wants Twin Cities clergy to avoid publicly discussing the issue. In a letter addressed to priests and deacons of the Archdiocese of St. Paul-Minneapolis, Archbishop John C. Nienstedt writes that "in the movement ... More >>

Archbishop John Nienstedt sends letter opposing free contraceptives law

​In a letter made public yesterday, the Minnesota Catholic Conference, including Archbishop John Nienstedt, voiced opposition to the new federal health care mandate requiring insurance companies to cover birth control free of charge. "While we support providing access to those services which can ... More >>

John Hugh Gilmore, Minnesota Conservatives blogger, arrested for harassing Muslim women [VIDEO]

Andrew Breitbart did not swoop in to save Minnesotan blogger John Hugh Gilmore from a little jail time.​After two women in traditional Muslim headscarves were harassed by a man taking their picture and demanding to know why they were in his country, a legion of helpful bystanders stepped in to ... More >>

Sen. David Hann calls Archbishop Nienstedt a socialist for caring about the poor

​Eden Prairie GOP Sen. David Hann is on a tear because Archbishop John Nienstedt is following Catholic social teaching and sticking up for poor people. In a vitriolic letter, he's accusing Nienstedt of endorsing "the socialist fiction that it is a moral necessity to take the property of the ' ... More >>

Basilica Block Party boycotted over Church's gay marriage opposition

Steve CohenThe block party gets sucked into the marriage debate.​We've got more than 16 months to go before Minnesotans vote on whether to make gay marriage unconstitutional. But the battle lines are already being drawn, and they're showing up in some surprising places. Like this year's Basi ... More >>

Minnesota Family Council spending $4.7M to ban gay marriage

Ignite! Apparently banning gay marriage is sort of like starting a fire.​The Minnesota Family Council is trying to raise $4.7 million for its effort to pass an amendment to the state's constitution banning gay marriage. In a brochure emblazoned with fiery images [see it here], the conservative g ... More >>

3,000 anti-gay marriage DVDs returned to Archbishop Nienstedt

Merry Christmas, Archbishop.​Archbishop John Nienstedt will get an early Christmas present today in the form of 3,000 anti-gay marriage DVDs, some of the 400,000 he ordered sent to his flock in September. A protest group called ReturnTheDVD planned to deliver the disks, along with handwritte ... More >>

Constitutional ban on gay marriage hits the fast track

Unemployment? Foreclosures? Massive budget deficit? Take a number.​Remember how Republicans kept telling us this election was supposed to be all about jobs, jobs, tax breaks and more jobs? The crappy economy gave conservative Christians cover from having to talk too much about over-sharing the ... More >>

John Nienstedt denies communion to gays again

Politics for me, but not for thee.​More anti-gay activity from Archbishop John Nienstedt: He has denied communion to gay and lesbian student activists at St. John's University and the College of St. Benedict. He presided over a Mass they attended Sunday night, Sept. 26, at the Catholic campus ... More >>

John Nienstedt's anti-gay marriage crusade draws another protest

John Nienstedt: Protest comes to the archbishop.​Two projects have now sprung up to slap "Return to Sender" on Archbishop John Nienstedt's mass mailing of 400,000 anti-gay marriage DVDs to Catholics in the Twin Cities. ReturnTheDVD.org launched on Monday, after Lucinda Naylor set up DVD to Ar ... More >>

Lucinda Naylor suspended by Basilica for anti-gay DVD protest

Photo: blmurchLucinda Naylor's voice of dissent has been silenced by the Basilica of St. Mary.​Lucinda Naylor lost her Basilica of St. Mary Artist in Residence position on Sunday, and with it about a third of her income. Her offense: Speaking out against her archbishop's plan to distribute ... More >>

Archbishop John Nienstedt's anti-gay DVD becomes art fodder

Photo: midimanWhat would Jesus do?​Minnesota Archbishop John Nienstedt is helming the mailing of 400,000 anti-gay marriage DVDs to Catholic households this week. If you don't know what to do with yours, maybe you should forward it to Lucinda Naylor, who wants to assemble the discs into an ar ... More >>

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Local Catholics protest John Nienstedt article declaring gayness a "grave evil"

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