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Blessed Teresa of Calcutta once said, "Don't look for big things, just do small things with great love."That's just what one Catholic school community has done in its efforts to place Jesus in the Eucharist as the center of its students' daily lives, and in the process, boost the school's Catholic identity.

Bishop Edward Rice presided over the presentation of the Archbishop's Awards for Cub Scout Packs, Boy Scout Troops and Venture Crews  at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis.

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JOPLIN, Mo. -- The battered St. John's Mercy Hospital saw its first wrecking ball Jan. 29 -- a small step in a demolition process that will eventually bring down the tornado-ravaged buildings on the site and leave the land ready for rebuilding.

The Susan G. Komen for the Cure has reversed its decision to halt grants to Planned Parenthood, leaving members of the local and national pro-life community dazed.

The organization apologized and has decided to revise its policy that led to its earlier decision to cut funding to the nation's largest abortion provider.

The Missouri Catholic Conference, public policy agency of the state's bishops, is asking people support for the "Respect for Rights of Conscience Act."

A recent federal Health and Human Services directive mandating abortion-inducing emergency contraception and birth control coverage in health plans is "a direct attack on the conscience rights and the religious liberty of Catholics and others of faith," a message from the Catholic Conference stated.

A corrections reform package estimated to reduce the prison population by as many as 677 people by fiscal year 2017 and save between $7.7 and $16.6 million is a step in the right direction, according to the Missouri Catholic Conference (MCC).

A bipartisan effort has emerged to pass corrections reform legislation, the MCC noted, spurred on by the continuing state budget crisis. Missouri's prison population has doubled and corrections spending has tripled during the past 20 years. As a result, state leaders this summer created the Missouri Working Group on Sentencing and Corrections.