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This Week at the Virginia General Assembly-Week 5

by admin | Feb 12, 2016 | Catholic social teaching, Church teaching, criminal justice, Death Penalty, Education, Environment, Faithful citizenship, Immigration, Living the faith, mercy, Norfolk, Religious liberty, Tidewater

Virginia House and Senate Committees are wrapping up their work as they race to hear all the bills assigned to them in advance of crossover, which is this coming Tuesday.  After this point, the House of Delegates may only consider bills that have passed the Senate and...

Despite Court ruling, the Church will hold to the truth about marriage – with charity

by admin | Jul 1, 2015 | Catholic social teaching, Church teaching, Faithful citizenship, Living the faith, Religious liberty

Last week’s disappointing and troublesome Supreme Court decision that imposes a false definition of marriage on all 50 states was not surprising or unexpected.  Many are celebrating.  However, Friday’s ruling by nine unaccountable judges is nevertheless an attempt to...

Virginia Catholic Conference marks a decade of advancing the common good

by admin | Jun 1, 2015 | Catholic social teaching, Church teaching, Education, Faithful citizenship, Living the faith, Religious liberty

This year the Virginia Catholic Conference celebrates its 10th anniversary.  In this “from the tiber to the james” video blog post Executive Director Jeff Caruso reminisces about the early days of the Conference and looks ahead to the future.  Take a...

The other threat posed by same-sex “marriage”: religious liberty in peril

by admin | May 6, 2015 | Catholic social teaching, Church teaching, Faithful citizenship, Marriage and family, Religious liberty

Last week, the movement to redefine marriage to include same-sex couples reached a crescendo in oral arguments presented before the U.S. Supreme Court.  The case, Obergefell v. Hodges, seeks to overturn a decision by the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals upholding marriage...

This Week at the 2015 Virginia General Assembly-Week 6

by admin | Feb 20, 2015 | Catholic social teaching, Church teaching, Faithful citizenship, Living the faith, Religious liberty, Respect for life

The 2015 session of the Virginia General Assembly is entering the home stretch as Senate and House Committees race to hear bills that have passed the other chamber and get them to the floor for a vote before the 46-day session comes to an end next Saturday. The House...

This Week at the 2015 Virginia General Assembly-Week 5

by admin | Feb 13, 2015 | Catholic social teaching, Faithful citizenship, Living the faith, Religious liberty, Respect for life

Tuesday marked the “crossover,” the half-way point of the 46-day Virginia General Assembly session.  Going forward, each chamber may only consider legislation that has passed the other chamber.  On Thursday, both the House of Delegates and Senate passed their...
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