by admin | Mar 7, 2014 | From the Tiber to the James, Uncategorized
With the General Assembly scheduled to adjourn on Saturday, budget negotiations remain at an impasse. Work on the budget will go into overtime because of sharp disagreements over whether to use federal dollars to provide health coverage to between 250,000 and 400,000...
by admin | Mar 5, 2014 | Catholic social teaching, Faithful citizenship, From the Tiber to the James, Living the faith, Marriage and family, Respect for life, Uncategorized
Each year it seems the advertising, television shows, websites, videos and magazine pages that flash before us on a daily basis are even more degrading and explicit. Marketers have long since adopted the mindset that “sex sells” everything from clothing to household...
by admin | Feb 28, 2014 | From the Tiber to the James, Uncategorized
The General Assembly is racing to complete a budget before its scheduled adjournment date of March 8, though many anticipate a more prolonged process. On Wednesday, the House of Delegates and Senate named twelve budget conferees – six Delegates and six Senators...
by admin | Feb 26, 2014 | From the Tiber to the James, Uncategorized
As Catholics, our faith compels us to hear the cry of the poor, the meek, the lowly and the rejected. We are to care for our brothers and sisters in need: the unborn, the prisoner, the poor, the elderly, and people with disabilities. Despite our efforts to care for...
by admin | Feb 21, 2014 | From the Tiber to the James, Uncategorized
The 2014 session of the Virginia General Assembly entered an especially critical phase with this week’s release by the House Appropriations and Senate Finance committees of their respective versions of the state budget for the 2015-2016 biennium. Yesterday, the House...
by admin | Feb 14, 2014 | From the Tiber to the James, Uncategorized
Late Thursday night, Judge Arenda Wright Allen struck down Virginia’s 2006 constitutional amendment preserving marriage as the union of one man and one woman. In a 41-page decision, Judge Allen declared that preserving the institution of marriage as a union between...
