Senate Democrats blocked the confirmation of Brian Burch for U.S. ambassador to the Holy See. Burch’s nomination had previously advanced along bipartisan lines by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Burch is the co-founder of the political advocacy group...
Robert Prevost entered the novitiate of the Order of Saint Augustine, Province of Our Lady of Good Counsel, in St. Louis on Sept. 1, 1977. The order’s house of novitiate was based at Immaculate Conception Parish. After completing the one-year novitiate, he moved to...
On May 8, 2025, white smoke poured from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel at 6:07 p.m., Rome time, signaling that the College of Cardinals had elected the 267th Pope of the Catholic Church: American Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, 69, who has taken the name Leo XIV....
Former Missouri Catholic Conference Executive Director and General Counsel Louis DeFeo, Jr., passed away peacefully at the age of 90. DeFeo served for thirty-one years with the MCC. DeFeo’s legacy with the MCC is indelible. Through his efforts, the Alternatives to...
On Thursday, May 1, 2025, President Trump created the Religious Liberty Commission, which is “tasked with creating a report on current threats to freedom of religion and strategies to enhance legal protections for those rights.” Cardinal Timothy Dolan of the...
The Catholic Church has dedicated the month of May to the Blessed Virgin Mary to honor the mother of God and our mother. Christ gave his mother Mary to all humanity from the cross when he said to his apostle John, “Behold your mother.” Pope Francis reminded us of this...
The Vatican has announced that the Cardinal electors will enter the Sistine Chapel to begin the conclave to elect the next pope on May 7, 2025. They will first celebrate the “Mass for the Election of the Roman Pontiff” in St. Peter’s Basilica that morning and proceed...
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) hosted the inaugural meeting this week of a new task force to counter anti-Christian bias in federal government policies, regulations, and practices. Headed by Attorney General Pam Bondi, the task force’s first meeting on Tuesday...
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court of the United States heard oral arguments for a lawsuit that will determine whether parents have the right to opt their elementary school children out of coursework that promotes gender ideology (Mahmoud v. Taylor). In May 2023, Catholic,...
The Vatican announced that the canonization of Blessed Carlo Acutis has been postponed following the death of Pope Francis. “Following the death of Supreme Pontiff Francis, notice is hereby given that the Eucharistic celebration and Rite of Canonization of Blessed...