Missouri Catholic Conference

The Respect Life Apostolate of the Archdiocese of St. Louis has published a prayer to defeat the Missouri Pro-Abortion Ballot Initiative. All Catholics are encouraged to pray for the defeat of th...

https://mocatholic.org/prayer-to-defeat-the-missouri-pro-abortion-ballot-initiative/

Jamie Morris, the MCC’s Executive Director and General Counsel, recently spoke to Jimmy Akin about the lack of civility in politics for our MCC from the Capitol podcast. Mr. Akin is a senior ap...

https://mocatholic.org/jimmy-akin-on-civility-and-politics/

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a lawsuit challenging the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approach to regulating the abortion pill mifepristone, allowing the drug to continue t...

https://mocatholic.org/supreme-court-rejects-challenge-to-abortion-drug/

For the first time in history, a pontiff will participate in the G7 summit, which gathers the leaders of some of the most powerful industrialized democracies; they will meet this week (June 13-15...

https://mocatholic.org/pope-francis-to-meet-with-world-leaders-at-g7-summit/

Fathers have a special role “in revealing and in reliving on earth the very fatherhood of God” (Familiaris consortio 25). Father’s Day is a perfect time to recall the essential role of fath...

https://mocatholic.org/fathers-day/

On June 11, the state of Missouri executed David Hosier for the murder of Angela Gilpin back in 2009, despite the efforts of the Missouri bishops and other leaders who had issued letters requesti...

https://mocatholic.org/missouri-carries-out-execution-of-david-hosier/

The Missouri Supreme Court has scheduled the execution of David Hosier for June 11, 2024. Hosier was convicted in 2013 of the Sept. 28, 2009, murder of Angela Gilpin, 45, at her Jefferson City ap...

https://mocatholic.org/mcc-to-hold-execution-protest-on-june-11/

What is in vitro fertilization (IVF) and what is the church teaching on it? The latest MCC Messenger features the background of IVF, the Alabama Supreme Court ruling, and Catholic teaching on the...

https://mocatholic.org/latest-mcc-messenger-addresses-in-vitro-fertilization/

Pope Francis said he is preparing a new document on the Sacred Heart of Jesus, set for release in September, as part of ongoing celebrations marking 350th anniversary of the first apparition of t...

https://mocatholic.org/pope-preparing-document-on-sacred-heart-of-jesus/

On Wednesday, President Biden’s administration implemented an asylum ban that will block migrants from claiming asylum at the Southern Border. Under this provision, authorities will quickly dep...

https://mocatholic.org/u-s-bishops-denounce-new-federal-immigration-restrictions/