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Am I my planet’s keeper?

Am I my planet’s keeper?

by admin | May 18, 2018 | Catholic social teaching, Church teaching, Economic justice, Environment, Faithful citizenship, From the Tiber to the James

Cardinal Turkson insisted that if we treat creation responsibly, we can trust it to support the entire human family.

Laudato Si’ at 1: How the Church Responds to Climate Change

by admin | Jun 22, 2016 | Catholic social teaching, Economic justice, Environment, Living the faith, Norfolk, Tidewater

By Lonnie Ellis, OFS Climate change is a moral issue. One year ago, Pope Francis made this point emphatically with his encyclical Laudato Si. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has warned about climate change many times—with a major statement in 2001, and...

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...

This Week at the Virginia General Assembly-Week 4

by admin | Feb 5, 2016 | Catholic social teaching, Church teaching, criminal justice, Death Penalty, Education, Environment, Faithful citizenship, Immigration, Norfolk, Respect for life, Tidewater

On Thursday, the Conference was pleased to host a group from Richmond for a “Catholics in the Capital” day.  A special thanks to those who attended! This 4th week of the Virginia General Assembly session also saw action on several of the Conference’s legislative...

Remember the Mercy of God at Christmas and throughout the Year

by admin | Dec 22, 2015 | Catholic social teaching, Christmas, Church teaching, criminal justice, Death Penalty, Economic justice, Environment, From the Tiber to the James, mercy, Uncategorized

As we finish last-minute shopping and prepare to receive friends and family for the wondrous and joyful feast of Christmas, let’s pause and remember the true meaning of Christmas—the birth of Christ, our Savior, who was sent among us to walk with us as a human and...

On eve of papal visit, Bishop DiLorenzo discusses encyclical, tells crowd of 200: no conflict between Faith, science

by admin | Aug 31, 2015 | Catholic social teaching, Church teaching, Environment, Faithful citizenship, Living the faith, Norfolk, Respect for life, Tidewater

In the midst of competing narratives about Pope Francis’ upcoming visit to the U.S. and his recent encyclical on ecology, Laudato Si’, one point is clear: “The Church is not in conflict with science,” Richmond Bishop Francis DiLorenzo told a crowd in Norfolk...
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