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 to be provided by mail without an in-person doctor’s visit. In a unanimous...
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 requesting Governor Mike Parson to grant Mr. Hosier clemency and commute his...
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 apartment. Hosier was originally also charged with the murder of Angela’s...
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 moral implications of IVF. In the accompanying MCC from the Capitol...
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 deport or send back to Mexico migrants who cross the border illegally without...
As the world advances in the fields of technology and medicine, in many respects human rights have fallen behind. Amnesty International has recently released a study claiming the global rate of executions has peaked to the highest level since 2015. This past year,...
The Missouri House and Senate worked this week to finalize their legislative agendas for the 2024 session. The Senate finished its year in much of the same way it began, with a filibuster, personal attacks, and dysfunction. While Republicans looked to pass initiative...
Last year, abortion was the leading cause of death throughout the world for, at least, the fifth time in a row: over 44.6 million abortions were performed in 2023 alone. By comparison, communicable diseases, the second cause of death, accounted for 13 million...
On Thursday, February 8, the Catholic Church will observe the International Day of Prayer and Awareness Against Human Trafficking. This is the same day as the feast day of Saint Josephine Bakhita, the patroness of human trafficking survivors. Abducted in the 1870s in...
The Senate Health and Welfare Committee this week advanced legislation that would cut off public funding for abortion providers and their affiliates. SB 1168, sponsored by Sen. Mary Elizabeth Coleman (R-Arnold), would prohibit any abortion facility or its affiliates...