Catholic teaching offers no blueprint for solving a crisis like the present one. There is, however, a role for the Church in expressing pastoral concern and encouraging politicians to work together to maintain the common good of all citizens, especially the most vulnerable, such as the indigent elderly, those with disabilities and the working poor. [...]
At the Missouri Catholic Conference’s 2012 Annual Assembly in October, participants heard an address from the Most Reverend Emmanuel Kerketta, the bishop of Jashpur, India. The bishop told many horrific stories of the violence against Christians now underway. People who convert to Christianity can be harassed and even tortured. Yet the faith continues to grow. [...]
Baltimore Archbishop William Lori gave a popular and timely address to those attending the Missouri Catholic Conference’s Annual Assembly on religious liberty on Oct. 6. Due to the popularity of the address, we have posted it here. The keynote was part of a day of workshops and networking by Catholics from across the state, Iowa, [...]
The October issue of Good News is available to read online now, by clicking here. This issue has excerpts of Baltimore Archbishop William Lori’s keynote to the Annual Assembly on Oct. 6.
We are sending this update early because we will be busy Friday setting up in the Capitol building for our 2012 Annual Assembly, which will be held Saturday. This assembly will feature Baltimore Archbishop William Lori, who heads up the U.S. Catholic bishops’ national effort to defend our religious freedoms. There has been a lot [...]
It is the duty of the attorney general to defend laws passed by the general assembly. But will Attorney General Chris Koster defend the new SB 749 law? A suit has been filed in Cole County Circuit Court seeking a permanent injunction against the new SB 749 law. The suit claims the SB 749 law [...]
Aetna Health Insurance Company has been fined $1.5 million by the state of Missouri for selling policies that cover elective abortions without requiring customers to pay an additional premium for that coverage. A 1983 state law states that no health insurance policy “shall provide coverage for elective abortions except by an optional rider for which [...]
After overriding Gov. Nixon’s veto of the religious liberty bill (Senate Bill 749), what better person to have as the keynote speaker for the Missouri Catholic Conference’s Annual Assembly than the chief spokesperson for the U.S. Bishops on religious freedom issues, Archbishop William Lori? Archbishop Lori is a native of Louisville, Ky. He is the [...]
Before the sun set on the day of the final passage of SB 749, a Kansas City labor organization filed suit in Cole County Circuit Court seeking to invalidate the law. The suit seeks an injunction to prevent enforcement of the new law, arguing that SB 749 is preempted by the recently passed Affordable Care [...]
Every vote counts. SB 749 — the religious freedom bill — passed the Missouri House of Representatives on Wednesday, Sept. 12, by the bare number (109) votes required to override Gov. Nixon’s veto of the bill in July. Every one of those votes was needed. One vote less and no override would have taken place. [...]