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Taking the Catholic faith from the pew to the public square – a Virginia Catholic Conference blog with special guest posts.
A “virtually new take” on public testimony
You might say that here in Richmond there was a “virtually new take” on the legislative process, unique in our legislature’s 401-year history. Regrettably and to our dismay, there were indeed more than a few times when voices literally went unheard.
Tell legislators: Don’t exacerbate Virginia’s health challenges
On April 7, the General Assembly will take up Gov. Northam’s proposed amendments to fast track commercialized marijuana in Virginia. Tell your legislators today to reject the rush toward another addictive substance. Having passed the General Assembly, legislation...
Don’t let Virginia go to pot
In November, in the midst of the pandemic, Gov. Northam called for legalization of marijuana. As someone who lived in Colorado when legalization passed by ballot initiative in 2012, I have seen the fallout: addiction, neglect of children and more auto accidents. The...
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Sharing the Journey with Refugees
People often wonder why the Catholic Church cares so much about refugees. There are several compelling answers. First, as people forced from their homelands by persecution, refugees (and migrants generally) are among the populations the Bible and Catholic social...
What I saw inside Sussex I Prison
I was ... in prison and you visited me. ~Matthew 25:35-36 Our Savior identifies with prisoners, and not just the innocent ones. Most of the men in Sussex I, home of Virginia’s death row, will never live on the outside again. In maroon jumpsuits and white Velcro...
Am I my planet’s keeper?
Cardinal Turkson insisted that if we treat creation responsibly, we can trust it to support the entire human family.
Church works for justice that heals
Justice shall be the band around his waist, and faithfulness a belt upon his hips. Then the wolf shall be a guest of the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the young goat. ~ Isaiah 11:5–6 Imagine picking up the phone and hearing the unthinkable, the nightmare...
State budget should cover all, protect all
The budget proposes feature two seemingly disparate topics: health coverage for low-income Virginia residents and better protections for unborn children. But at their root, both of these issues relate to the sanctity of human life.
Coming to the discussion with our minds made up
“Today, having a clear faith based on the Creed of the Church is often labeled as fundamentalism …We are building a dictatorship of relativism that does not recognize anything as definitive.”
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