2025

MCC President and CEO Paul Long offered prayers for the Holy Father Pope Francis upon the news of his death Easter Monday, and offered reflections on his 12-year pontificate.

Detroit Archbishop-elect Edward J. Weisenburger

MCC extended a welcome to Most Rev. Edward J. Weisenburger after he was named by Pope Francis as the new archbishop of Detroit and expressed gratitude to retiring Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron for his years of faithful and fruitful service in Michigan.

An elderly woman in a wheelchair cholding a baby and smiling

Michigan Catholic Conference announced the release of its public policy advocacy principles for the 2025–2026 legislative session, which guide MCC’s work at the state Capitol and are informed by Catholic social teaching.

A Guatemalan family in the alley of their neighborhood

As immigrant families across the state experience anxiety and fear over mass deportations, the Catholic bishops in Michigan issued a pastoral note offering continued prayerful support for migrant individuals and families and to promote unyielding respect for the human dignity of all migrant people.

On the Death of Pope Francis

MCC Welcomes Archbishop-elect Weisenburger as Incoming Board Chair

Catholic Conference Releases 2025–26 Public Policy Principles

A Pastoral Note to Migrants from the Catholic Bishops in Michigan