by admin | Jan 30, 2015 | Catholic social teaching, Faithful citizenship, Living the faith, Religious liberty, Respect for life
Conference celebrates 10 years; Senate passes religious liberty bill; Committees protect past pro-life gains The Conference thanks all who attended Catholic Advocacy Day in Richmond on Thursday. Some 150 Catholics from across the Commonwealth came to hear from Bishop...
by admin | Jan 7, 2015 | Catholic social teaching, Church teaching, Economic justice, Education, Faithful citizenship, Immigration, Living the faith, Marriage and family, Religious liberty, Respect for life
With the New Year brings another General Assembly session in Richmond that is sure to be interesting and busy! Despite a significant budget shortfall that promises to make for some lively debate and funding decisions, the Virginia Catholic Conference has adopted a...
by admin | Sep 5, 2014 | Living the faith, Religious liberty
Religious liberty is a blessing many of us may take for granted. The right to worship at the place of our choosing, to live our lives in accordance with our faith, free from governmental interference, has seemed second-nature to us as Americans. Lately, government...
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 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...
