Bishop Burbidge

Governor Youngkin’s vetoes of coercive contraceptive bills

By Bishop Michael F. Burbidge and Bishop Barry C. Knestout

We are pleased that Governor Youngkin has vetoed SB 237/HB 609 and SB 238/HB 819. These bills threatened to compel organizations to provide and pay for contraceptives and even some abortion-inducing drugs and devices against their deeply and sincerely held beliefs. In SB 237/HB 609, the asserted “right” to contraception was alarmingly broad: It would …

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5/18/24

Reading Time 1 min

Bishop Burbidge reflects on 40 years of the priesthood

By Anna Harvey

On May 19, 1984, Bishop Michael F. Burbidge prostrated himself on the floor of the Cathedral Basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul in Philadelphia and dedicated his life to God. Four decades since his ordination day, “I would do it all over again,” he said. When Bishop Burbidge was a boy, he had no idea …

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5/16/24

Reading Time 5 min

Mary is the queen of peace

By Bishop Michael F. Burbidge

One of the most important moments in Christian history is when Christ, out of his great love for us, gave his mother to his beloved disciple, and by extension, to us. “When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple there whom he loved, he said to his mother, ‘Woman, behold, your son.’ Then he said …

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5/2/24

Reading Time 3 min

Response to Dignitas Infinita, a new declaration from Rome

By Bishop Michael F. Burbidge

April 8, the Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord, the Vatican released “Dignitas Infinita” (“Infinite Dignity”), which I gratefully received. With compassion, pastoral care, and a deep understanding of movements in our world today, the declaration clearly reminds us of the inherent, God-given dignity of every human person and outlines challenges we must address …

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4/9/24

Reading Time 2 min