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Taking the Catholic faith from the pew to the public square – a Virginia Catholic Conference blog with special guest posts.
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.”
The Virginia Way: disagreeing without being disagreeable
I heard more than one legislator talk about the genuine friendships which they had developed with people across the aisle.
Easter people look forward: Why the Church welcomes migrants
By Kevin Mauer, Associate Director The TSA agent who ushered me through security was a middle-aged woman, remarkably loquacious for 5:00 a.m. She was quick to note the lobbyist ID poking out of my wallet and asked whom I lobbied for. I was proud to answer, “The...
Casting pearls before elephants & donkeys: How I learned to follow Jesus not party
By Kevin Mauer, Associate Director There’s a saying that no one is converted by the Catechism. I don’t know about that, but I do know it’s not a stretch to say that I was reverted by the Compendium of Social Doctrine. I recommend it to any person of good will, but...
Our job is health care; but legislators on both sides need to fix regulatory, coverage gap problems
By Toni Ardabell The mission of Bon Secours is to bring health and wholeness to the individuals and communities it serves. Our heritage compels us to focus on the underserved, who are often uninsured. Many of our facilities are positioned in communities where we can...
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