News Releases

    Religious Freedom in Health Care Recognized by House of Representatives

    Michigan Catholic Conference Applauds Passage of Conscience Clause Bills

    Michigan Catholic Conference applauds the passage of legislation that seeks to protect the religious freedom of faith-based health care benefit providers. House Bills 4745 and 4746 provide a civil right of conscience for faith based benefit providers from being forced to offer or provide non-emergency benefits that specifically violate a religious tenet of the faith-based organization.

    MCC Labels Administration’s Call for Human Cloning and Embryonic Stem Cell Research “Irresponsible’

    Ethical Adult Stem Cell Research Must be Pursued by Michigan's Scientific Community

    Michigan Catholic Conference Vice President for Public Policy Paul A. Long released the following statement in response to Governor Granholm’s call in her State of the State Address to repeal Michigan’s law prohibiting human cloning and embryonic stem cell research.

    Bishop Alex Sample to Join MCC Board of Directors

    Sample to be Youngest Bishop in the United States After Ordination

    Michigan Catholic Conference announced today Most Reverend Alex K. Sample, Bishop-elect of the Diocese of Marquette, will become a member of the Conference’s board of directors following his Mass of Ordination today at the Cathedral of St. Peter in Marquette.

    MCC Statement on Welfare Reform Veto

    Proposals Would Have “Sliced a Major Hole in the State’s Social Safety Net’

    Michigan Catholic Conference President and Chief Executive Officer Sister Monica Kostielney, R.S.M., made the following statement regarding the administration's veto of legislation intended to reform the state's welfare program.

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