Archbishop Gregory Aymond of New Orleans offered prayers Wednesday morning after the driver of a pickup truck drove into a crowd of people at a New Year’s celebration on the city’s famed Bourbon Street, killing at least 15 and injuring dozens of others. The incident...
House Republican lawmakers discussed repealing the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act on Wednesday after hearing testimony alleging the law has been weaponized against pro-life protesters. The FACE Act, which has been federal law for 30 years, imposes...
Amendment 3, which will allow abortions in the state, went into effect on December 5. Planned Parenthood clinics have not resumed abortions, however, as they wait for a ruling on challenges to Missouri’s abortion regulations. Less than 24 hours after voters approved...
The United Kingdom’s Department of Health and Social Care in a December 11 statement said the “emergency measures that restricted the sale of puberty-suppressing hormones will be made indefinite.” The decision to ban puberty blockers is based on “independent expert...
This week, Canada’s health department published its “Fifth Annual Report on Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) in Canada 2023”. Official statistics indicated that 15,343 people were euthanized last year, out of a total of just under 20,000 requests, the highest figure...
On Tuesday, Josh Hawley, Republican U.S. Senator for Missouri, warned the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) not to destroy any records related to the investigation of traditionalist Catholics or the convictions of pro-life...
At 6 p.m. on December 3, 2024, the state of Missouri executed Christopher Collings for the 2007 rape and murder of nine-year-old Rowan Ford. Prior to his execution, Collings issued a final statement in which he accepted the situation and apologized to those he had...
Less than two weeks remain before the scheduled execution of Christopher Collings at 6 pm on December 3rd, 2024. Collings was convicted in 2012 of the 2007 rape and murder of nine-year-old Rowan Ford in Stella, Missouri. After initially giving noncommittal answers to...
In August, the Missouri Supreme Court ordered the execution of Christopher Collings to occur at 6 pm on December 3rd, 2024. Collings was convicted in 2012 of the 2007 rape and murder of nine-year-old Rowan Ford in Stella, Missouri. After initially giving noncommittal...
“If you feel the need to do something and you just can’t let it go, you should do it,” said Our Lady of the Snows (Mary’s Home) parishioner Aaron Kempker after making a massive delivery to a hurricane-ravaged area of Tennessee last month. “I also recommend having a...