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EVENT Reminder: VA in Jeopardy – Calling all Faithful Citizens

September 18, 2019 by Jeff Caruso

Event – Virginia in Jeopardy: What’s at stake for the Commonwealth and you! 2019 was a year of radical legislative proposals in Virginia: Extreme abortion bills, attempts to...

Help register voters

July 26, 2019 by Jeff Caruso

Virginia Catholic Conference provides key voter registration resource, encourages parishes to conduct drives In an era when more people worldwide are gaining the right to vote, many Americans...

Joint Statement from Most Reverend Michael F. Burbidge, Bishop of Arlington, and Most Reverend Barry C. Knestout, Bishop of Richmond, on July 9th Virginia General Assembly Special Session On May 31,...

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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

July 6, 2018 by Kevin Mauer

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

July 3, 2018 by Kevin Mauer

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?

May 18, 2018 by Kevin Mauer

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

May 3, 2018 by Kevin Mauer

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 […]

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