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A file photo shows the Gateway Arch in St. Louis. On Dec. 23, 2025, the Archdiocese of St. Louis has filed a motion to dismiss seven of 10 counts in a prominent lawsuit alleging decades of clergy sexual abuse and cover-ups. (OSV News photo/Jim Young, Reuters)

Archdiocese of St. Louis files to dismiss abuse charges, citing state law, case precedent

Gina Christian|Jan 8, 2026|3 Min Read

Pope Leo XIV has named Father Ralph O'Donnell as new bishop of Jefferson City, Mo., four months after then-Bishop W. Shawn McKnight was named archbishop of Kansas City, Kan. (OSV News photo/courtesy Diocese of Jefferson City)

Pope Leo appoints new bishop of Jefferson City

OSV News|Aug 19, 2025|3 Min Read

Bishop W. Shawn McKnight of Jefferson City, Mo., is pictured in a Jan. 18, 2019, photo. Taking a synodal approach, Bishop McKnight is opening a yearlong process of consultation regarding how sacred music can be best used to encourage active participation in the liturgy.(OSV News photo/courtesy Diocese of Jefferson City)

Missouri bishop issues new decree on hymns, opens synodal process to decide issue

OSV News|Nov 7, 2024|6 Min Read

Protesters gather on the lot of a Planned Parenthood in St. Louis after the Supreme Court ruled in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decision to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion precedent, June 24, 2022. (OSV News photo/Lawrence Bryant, Reuters)

Missouri joins Nebraska in legal challenges to abortion ballot initiatives

Kurt Jensen|Sep 9, 2024|3 Min Read

The apparently incorrupt body and religious habit of Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster, foundress of the Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles, lies in repose in the church of the Abbey of Our Lady of Ephesus in Gower, Mo., May 21, 2023. An investigation by the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph, Mo., found her body "does not appear to have experienced the decomposition that would have normally been expected under such previous burial conditions," according to an official diocesan announcement Aug. 22, 2024. (OSV News photo/Megan Marley)

A new incorruptible? Diocese finds Sister Wilhelmina's body seems to have not decomposed

Megan Marley|Aug 22, 2024|3 Min Read

Abortion

Missouri enacts legislation to block Planned Parenthood from Medicaid funding

Kate Scanlon|May 14, 2024|4 Min Read

Missouri

Missouri lawmakers ban gender reassignment surgery, treatments for minors

Kate Scanlon|May 11, 2023|4 Min Read

People in St. Louis embrace following a shooting at a high school Oct. 24, 2022. (CNS photo/Holly Edgell, NPR Midwest Newsroom via Reuters) EDITOR'S NOTE: NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. MUST DISCARD 30 DAYS AFTER DOWNLOAD.

After school shooting, St. Louis archbishop calls for tackling ‘dual crises’ of mental health, violence

John Lavenburg|Oct 25, 2022|3 Min Read

Marijuana plants for the adult recreational market are seen inside a greenhouse at Hepworth Farms in Milton, N.Y., July 15, 2022. (CNS photo/Shannon Stapleton)

Missouri bishops urge 'no' vote on ballot measure to legalize marijuana

Catholic News Service|Oct 10, 2022|3 Min Read

Downtown view of Jefferson City, Missouri, with the State Capitol at dusk. (Shutterstock via CNA)

Missouri lawmaker says controversial bill won't outlaw ectopic pregnancy treatment

Jonah McKeown|Mar 17, 2022|4 Min Read

Death-row inmate Ernest Lee Johnson is shown in this Oct. 26, 2016, photo released by the Missouri Department of Corrections. He was executed by lethal injection Oct. 5, 2021, at a state prison in Bonne Terre, Mo. (CNS photo/Missouri Department of Corrections, Handout via Reuters)

Catholic activists speak out against execution of Missouri man

Carol Zimmermann|Oct 6, 2021|5 Min Read

Archbishop Christophe Pierre, apostolic nuncio to the United States, on June 10, 2021. (CNS photo/Bob Roller)

Nuncio, on behalf of pope, urges Missouri governor to halt Oct. 5 execution

Catholic News Service|Oct 4, 2021|3 Min Read

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