Missouri Senate Reaches Deal to Expand Tax-Credit Scholarship Program
The Missouri Senate this week passed a bill to expand the state’s tax-credit scholarship program after adding provisions to boost...
Committees in both the House and the Senate hear anti-immigration bills
On Monday, the House Committee on Homeland Security heard testimony on HB 2844 , sponsored by Rep. Brad Hudson (R-Cape...
Catholic Priests Determined to Remain in Haiti
Violence continues to plague Haiti as the national government loses control. Despite the unrest, local Catholic priests are determined to...
England Bans Puberty Blockers
National Health Services (NHS) England has announced that it will ban the use of puberty blockers in children with gender...
Pope Advances Sainthood Cause of US Author’s Daughter
Pope Francis has advanced the sainthood cause of U.S. Sister Rose Hawthorne, the daughter of Nathaniel Hawthorne, one of the...
Decline to Sign Abortion Initiative Petition
Missouri Stands with Women has made available to all a bulletin insert encouraging Missourians to Decline to Sign the abortion...
SCOTUS Unanimously Rules States Cannot Disqualify Presidential Candidates
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 9-0 that states cannot disqualify presidential candidates under a constitutional provision involving insurrection,...
House Passes Campus Religious Liberty Bill
The House this week passed a bill meant to protect the rights of religious student groups at public universities. HB...
House Passes Bill to Defund Planned Parenthood
The Missouri House this week passed legislation that would block Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood and its affiliates. HB 2634...
Bishops Encourage Senate to Pass Child Tax Credit
This week, the Missouri Bishops joined the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops in encouraging the U.S. Senate to pass...
Scottish Government Proposes ‘Conversion Practices’ Ban
On January 9, 2024 the Scottish government released The Equality, Inclusion and Human Rights Directorate which criminalizes “conversion practices.” The...
Pope Francis Calls for Global Ban on the “Deplorable” Practice of Surrogacy
On Monday, in a speech to all the world’s ambassadors to the Vatican, Pope Francis called surrogacy “deplorable” and called...