How One American Parish Put the Catechism Online — and Caught the Vatican’s Eye
St. Charles Borromeo in Picayune, Mississippi, made internet history with a project so bold it needed Vatican approval — and got it.
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Bill Banning Men From Women’s Showers, Spaces in Jails Signed Into Law in Mississippi
The new law goes into effect on July 1.
Why the Mighty Mississippi Was Once Named ‘River of the Immaculate Conception’
Kaskaskia was, at one time and in some ways, the center of the Mississippian universe.
Mississippi Implements New Pro-Family Measures After Governor Signs Bills
Legislation is part of a ‘New Pro-Life Agenda’ that Mississippi is pushing following the overturning of Roe v. Wade last year.
Pope Francis and Mississippi Bishop Offer Prayers for Victims of Deadly Tornado
Local newspaper says it is the deadliest tornado in the Magnolia State in at least 50 years.
Mississippi Passes Law to Protect Minors From Transgender Procedures
The legislation bans any surgery that is designed to alter or remove a healthy physical or anatomical characteristic or feature on a person’s body to make that feature or characteristic resemble the opposite sex unless the person is at least 18 years old; it also prohibits facial surgeries, voice surgeries, hair reconstruction, or any other aesthetic procedure designed to make the child appear as though he or she is the opposite sex.
Catholic Charities Joins Water Crisis Relief Effort in Jackson, Mississippi
Bishop Joseph Kopacz of the Diocese of Jackson urged prayers for a speedy resolution to the water crisis.
Mississippi Attorney General Says State Must ‘Strengthen the Safety Net’ as State’s Only Abortion Facility Closes
Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch said Thursday that now that legal abortion is banned in the state, it must act in a special way to support women and families.
1 Core Issue May Decide the ‘Dobbs’ Abortion Case — Here’s Why
Legal scholars see the court’s reluctance to overturn past rulings, even highly controversial ones, as Mississippi’s greatest hurdle.
Highlights From ‘Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health’ Before the Supreme Court
Justice Samuel Alito told Julie Rikelman, litigation director of the Center for Reproductive Rights, “The fetus has an interest in having life, and that doesn’t change.”
