Blogs and Op-Eds

 

  

from the tiber to the james:

VA Catholic Conference blog on taking the Catholic faith from the pew to the public square

• Debunking the myths about same-sex "marriage"  -- June 12, 2013
• Faithful Citizenship-prayerful participation even when we'd rather not -- June 5, 2013
• Test of faith: Christian charity and immigration reform -- May 29, 2013
• Family as the cornerstone of Christian life and immigration -- May 22, 2013
• Recognizing Jesus in disguise in the stranger in our midst -- May 15, 2013
• What happened to Plan A -- May 9, 2013
• Talking about Our Differences is good, doing so charitably, even better! -- May 1, 2013
• Board of Health agrees: women deserve better -- May 24, 2013
• Virginia takes a big step in fight for life -- May 17, 2013

Postings by Jeff Caruso, Conference Executive Director

• Federal health care law should not expand abortion, or force people to pay for others' abortions, Letter to the Editor, Richmond Times-Dispatch, March 2, 2013
• Defend Our First American Freedom, Arlington Herald op-ed, Feb. 6, 2013

Columns by VIrginia Bishops

• Bishop DiLorenzo recalls America's founding principles of freedom and points to grave threat to religious freedom inherent in HHS contraception mandate, Richmond TImes-DIspatch Op-Ed April 9, 2012.
• Arlington Catholic Herald column, The Fight for Religious LIberty, Bishop Paul Loverde, Oct. 26, 2011

U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops

• How to reduce abortions, Richard Doerflinger, Associate Director of the Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Washington Post On Faith column, Feb. 21, 2013.
• From Virulatent Partisanship to Bold Cooperation, Sister Mary Ann Walsh, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Nov. 7, 2012
• Media Blog

Other Opinion Pieces of Note

• Why Pro-Lifers Keep Fighting Abortion, Helen Alvare and Meg T. McDonnell, Washington Post Op-Ed, March 2, 2013
• U.S. Catholic Women, Your Church is Under Attack, Ashley McGuire, founder and editor-in-chief of AltCatholicah.com, in Arlington Catholic Herald op-ed , May 2, 2012.