by admin | Aug 13, 2014 | Catholic social teaching, Church teaching, Immigration, Respect for life
This blog is the first in a three-part series on Migration and the Catholic Church. The Conference acknowledges this is a controversial and multi-faceted topic. We have included numerous links to provide readers with more in-depth information. This summer’s...
by admin | Jul 16, 2014 | Catholic social teaching, Faithful citizenship, Religious liberty
On the heels of the Supreme Court’s recent ruling in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby, which found certain companies enjoy the right to free exercise of religion and could therefore refuse to cover abortifacients required by the controversial HHS contraception mandate, members...
by admin | Jul 1, 2014 | Catholic social teaching, Church teaching, Faithful citizenship, Living the faith, Religious liberty, Respect for life
In a welcome decision issued yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the government cannot force private, for-profit businesses to provide contraceptives to employees. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops praised the decision in a statement, saying, “We...
by admin | Jun 25, 2014 | Catholic social teaching, Church teaching, Faithful citizenship, Living the faith
Advocates for marriage from varied backgrounds, ethnicities and faith traditions joined the national Marriage March in Washington DC last Thursday, despite widespread accusations in the secular press about the “bigots” who rallied and marched. The second...
by admin | Jun 12, 2014 | Catholic social teaching, Faithful citizenship, Living the faith, Religious liberty
As Catholics and allied persons of faith continue to advocate protecting religious liberty as our first, most cherished freedom, threats aimed at silencing religious expression continue to mount. A torrent of legal rulings aimed at redefining marriage has put...
by admin | Jun 10, 2014 | Catholic social teaching, Faithful citizenship, Living the faith, Religious liberty, Respect for life
For the past 140 years, the Little Sisters of the Poor have been serving Virginians in need. The Virginia Catholic Conference shares in the mission to serve the poorest and most vulnerable through its advocacy and interviewed Mother Marie, Administrator of the Little...
