by admin | Jul 24, 2013 | Catholic social teaching, Respect for life
“States continue the ‘War on Women’!” “States turn back clock to 1950s” These are just some examples of the over-the-top media narratives that are circulating on TV and in the blogosphere these days. Given the media hysteria surrounding any restrictions or...
by admin | Jul 10, 2013 | Catholic social teaching, Economic justice
We encounter them when we walk down the streets of Richmond or Arlington or Virginia Beach, or get off interstate exit ramps: homeless people pleading for loose change or a couple dollar bills to get something to eat. The sight may be so common we’ve gotten good...
by admin | Jun 27, 2013 | Catholic social teaching, Marriage and family
Yesterday was a “tragic day for marriage and our nation.” So said Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York, president of the USCCB, and Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco, chair of the U.S. bishops Subcommittee for the Promotion and Defense of Marriage. “The...
by admin | Jun 25, 2013 | Catholic social teaching, Faithful citizenship, Immigration, Marriage and family, Religious liberty
Week 2 of the prayer- and action-focused Fortnight for Freedom, called for by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, is about to begin. While the USCCB launched the initiative, Archbishop Chaput of Philadelphia reminds us that the fight to preserve religious liberty...
by admin | Jun 19, 2013 | Catholic social teaching, Faithful citizenship, Immigration, Marriage and family
In 1620, a group of men and women landed in Plymouth, Massachusetts after escaping religious persecution in Europe. One hundred sixty-seven years later, religious liberty was enshrined in our country’s founding document. So essential was this belief that the First...
by admin | Jun 12, 2013 | Catholic social teaching, Marriage and family
During each of the last several Virginia General Assembly sessions, the Virginia Catholic Conference successfully opposed legislation to repeal Virginia’s constitutional amendment preserving marriage as the institution of one man and one woman. But we know the battle...
