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"Before I Formed You in the Womb"​

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​"A Pastoral Letter on the Human Dignity of the Unborn, Holy Communion, and Catholics in Public Life."  ​ (Audio)

• Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone's Homily​

​Additional Statements:

• Cardinal Raymond Burke, Sant'Agata de' Goti (Rome)
• Archbishop Joseph Naumann, Kansas City (KS)
• Bishop Thomas Olmsted, Phoenix (AZ)
• Archbishop Samuel Aquila, Denver (CO)
• Bishop Thomas Paprocki, Springfield (IL)
• Archbishop (emeritus) Charles Chaput,  Philadelphia (PA)
• Deacon Michael Quinlan, St. Louis (MO)

"NO" to Taxpayer-Funded  Abortions!

Action Plan ​/ Español

Flyer / Español

Fact Sheet / Español

Sign the Petition!

• July 13:  USCCB Chairmen Respond to Extreme Abortion Push in Appropriations Bill 
• U.S. Bishops’ Pro-Life Chairman Reacts to President’s Removal of the Hyde Amendment in Federal Budget
• Send a Message to Congress!
• Guidelines for Contacting Elected Officials
• Who Are My Elected Officials?
• Information on Hyde Amendment  
• Responses to Common Attacks to Hyde Amendment
• Abortion is Not Healthcare​

COVID-19 & Vaccines...

• Diocese KC-St. Joseph COVID-19 Updates 

• USCCB Moral Guidance

• ​CMA:  Vaccines and Conscience Protection

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The "Equality Act" (H.R. 5) 

• U.S. Bishops Letter  

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The Parish Gabriel Project!

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2020-21 Parish Materials​

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“We didn’t learn that abortion was horrible in religion class, but in biology, and in our courses on the ‘inalienable rights’ tradition in American history.”      Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Archbishop of the Archdiocese of New York                                                      

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Respect Life Office Programs...

Women have many options!  ​ 

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"It is a poverty to decide that a child must die so that you may live as you wish."
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Respect Life Office  |  Diocese of Kansas City - St. Joseph  |  20 West Ninth Street  |  Kansas City, MO 64105  |  (816) 756-1850