by admin | Sep 9, 2013 | Catholic social teaching, Faithful citizenship, From the Tiber to the James, Marriage and family, Uncategorized
NEW MEETING DATE: MONDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2013 Last week, our blog alerted you to a proposed Richmond City Council ordinance that would recognize same-sex marriages performed outside of Virginia. Friday we received notice that this ordinance will not be debated at the...
by admin | Sep 4, 2013 | Catholic social teaching, Faithful citizenship, From the Tiber to the James, Marriage and family, Uncategorized
In the wake of this summer’s tragic Supreme Court decisions on marriage, same-sex “marriage” advocates across the nation have been emboldened, filing suit against state constitutional amendments here in Virginia and in other states throughout the country. The American...
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...
