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Here is a look at the work of the legislature on just some of the bills and resolutions.

Women deserve equal treatment in the law. The ERA, however, is not the way to achieve it.

Student groups on the state-run campuses should not be discriminated against because of what they believe.

With SB 2180, North Dakota would have become the first state to ever intentionally and explicitly require priests to violate the seal of confession.

The purpose of politics is to find, not to win and destroy at all costs, but to peacefully resolve legitimate differences in the name of love.

Like food, shelter and health care, religious exercise is a fundamental and essential service that governments must provide to all institutionalized persons.

Pope Francis calls for a politics of love; we are living in, and have even become accustomed to, a politics of hostility.

Questions to help Catholics make moral and prudential decisions about candidates and public policies

There exist five “rules” or facts that we should keep in mind between now and the election.

A reminder and lesson of how prejudice can become institutionalized.

Too often, we do not realize that we have strayed from the principles of Catholic social doctrine until a disaster strikes.

Allows you to state who would make health care decisions for you and what you would like done if you cannot speak for yourself.

State budgets should get special attention from Catholics concerned about putting faith into action.

Clearly, the concept of legislating the parameters of what is and what is not proper medicine is well established.

The movie, "A Hidden Life,” has brought renewed and needed attention to the life of Blessed Franz Jagerstatter, the Austrian husband, father and farmer whom the Third Reich martyred for his refusal to swear an oath to Hitler.

The more we know and talk about suicide, the more it becomes clear that we can tackle the problem with evidence-based strategies.

Good government does not suppress mediating institutions, but supports them in their efforts.

Part 2: Are we going to be silent again?

Part 1: Examining the erroneous idea that humans and society can be made better by encouraging birth of individuals with “good” genes and preventing the conception of persons with “bad” genes.