On Tuesday, the Missouri House of Representatives Committee on Economic Development heard a pair of Clean Slate bills. HB 2047, sponsored by Representative Marlene Terry (D - St. Louis), and HB 2747, sponsored by Representative Bishop Davidson (R - Republic), would...
Archbishop Bernard Hebda of St. Paul-Minneapolis called for prayer and an end to division after a Minnesota woman was killed by an ICE agent on Wednesday. “We continue to be at a time in this country when we need to lower the temperature of rhetoric, stop fear-filled...
An inmate at the Women's Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center (WERDCC) in Vandalia was honored for her quick actions to save a child. According to a press release, inmate Tara Carroll recently aided one of the babies from the Nursery Program. The...
While U.S. public opinion is shifting against the use of the death penalty, there was a near 100% increase in executions in 2025. The Death Penalty Information Center reported that there were 48 prisoner executions in 2025, up from 25 prisoner executions in 2024....
Recently, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett joined Bishop Robert Barron of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota, for an interview in which she opened up about her long-lasting Catholic faith. Justice Barrett mentioned her love for the saints, specifically for St....
On December 14, two men targeted an event during the Jewish celebration of Hanukkah at Bondi Beach, Australia, killing 16 people and injuring over 20 more. In the wake of news about the terrorist attack, Archbishop Paul S. Coakley, president of the U.S. Conference of...
A recent study published by EWTN and RealClear Opinion Research revealed that a majority of American Catholics support the death penalty for convicted murderers and the broad-scale deportation of immigrants who are in the United States illegally. The poll, conducted...
Bishops in multiple U.S. states are leading efforts to spare the lives of prisoners on death row. More than 1,600 prisoners have been executed since the death penalty’s re-legalization by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1976. The state of Texas has executed 596 prisoners...
Less than one week remains before the scheduled execution of Lance Shockley at 6 pm on October 14, 2025. Shockley was convicted of the murder of Sergeant Carl Dewayne Graham, a Missouri State Trooper. The Missouri Catholic Conference has submitted a letter to the...
October 1 marks the first day of Respect Life Month. Celebrated each October in the U.S. Catholic Church, Respect Life Month is an invitation to reflect more deeply on the God-given dignity of all human life. During this month, Catholics across the United States...