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Take action now: Protect parental rights and stop government censorship in medical counseling
Your voice is needed; stand up for parental rights! Unelected state regulators are again moving forward with their sweeping proposal to ban “conversion therapy” with a vague and broadly worded...
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VCC seeking full-time Associate Director for Communications As many of you have seen already, the VCC is looking to add a full-time communications professional to our team. If you have...
Come see the movie Miss Virginia on Dec 17
Free movie screening – come learn what can happen when parents make their voices heard! Miss Virginia is a film depicting the real-life events of Virginia Walden Ford. Impoverished and living...
From the Tiber to the James
Taking the Catholic faith from the pew to the public square – a Virginia Catholic Conference blog with special guest posts.
Sharing the Journey with Refugees
People often wonder why the Catholic Church cares so much about refugees. There are several compelling answers. First, as people forced from their homelands by persecution, refugees (and migrants generally) are among the populations the Bible and Catholic social teaching most often command us to care for. Second, American Catholic institutions have gladly taken on […]
What I saw inside Sussex I Prison
I was … in prison and you visited me. ~Matthew 25:35-36 Our Savior identifies with prisoners, and not just the innocent ones. Most of the men in Sussex I, home of Virginia’s death row, will never live on the outside again. In maroon jumpsuits and white Velcro shoes, they move from room to room of […]

Am I my planet’s keeper?
Cardinal Turkson insisted that if we treat creation responsibly, we can trust it to support the entire human family.

Church works for justice that heals
Justice shall be the band around his waist, and faithfulness a belt upon his hips. Then the wolf shall be a guest of the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the young goat. ~ Isaiah 11:5–6 Imagine picking up the phone and hearing the unthinkable, the nightmare of every parent. “I wanna kill […]
Because We Are Catholic
The Reach of the Catholic Church in Virginia