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This Week at the Virginia General Assembly-Week 6

by admin | Feb 19, 2016 | Catholic social teaching, Church teaching, Living the faith, Marriage and family, Religious liberty, Respect for life

On Wednesday, the Conference hosted Catholics from various districts who came to lobby their Delegates and Senators on issues of life, family, justice and the common good on our final “Catholics in the Capital” day.  The Conference extends our sincere thanks to all...

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...

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 2

by admin | Jan 23, 2015 | Catholic social teaching, Church teaching, Economic justice, Faithful citizenship, Immigration

The second week of the 2015 Virginia General Assembly session saw a lot of action on legislation of concern to the Conference, including an attempt to deny in-state tuition for childhood immigrants and a bill to lift a lifetime ban on TANF benefits. Our staff has also...

This Week at the 2015 Virginia General Assembly-Week 1

by admin | Jan 16, 2015 | Church teaching, Faithful citizenship, Immigration, Respect for life

The 2015 session of the Virginia General Assembly convened on Wednesday and is in full swing.  This session is a “short session,” lasting only 46 days.  It promises to be busy and interesting as our legislators tackle the budget crisis and bills pertaining to life,...
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