Roman Catholic Diocese of Arlington
Religious organization in Arlington, VirginiaWikipedia
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Sep 18, 2026
Larry O'ConnorHOST
She is the director of Respect Life.
Larry O'ConnorHOST
This is the Office of Marriage, Family and Respect Life out of the Catholic Diocese of Arlington.
Larry O'ConnorHOST
As we've mentioned, the Catholic diocese here in Northern Virginia getting engaged right now in this upcoming election where early voting begins on a couple of very important issues.
Larry O'ConnorHOST
They'll accuse us of fighting the culture wars, but no, we're just defending the culture.
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Larry O'ConnorHOST
And we wanted to talk about this with the bishop.
Larry O'ConnorHOST
We're hoping to get him on.
Larry O'ConnorHOST
In the meantime, Director of Respect Life, Office of Marriage, Family, and Respect Life at the Catholic Diocese of Arlington works for the bishop.
Larry O'ConnorHOST
She joins us now, Amy McInerney.
Logan ChurchGUEST
But we have a program with our postcards where we've been working on the parish level in other states.
Logan ChurchGUEST
And we're having the opportunity to do that with the diocese of Arlington and other areas in Virginia.
Logan ChurchGUEST
And so I'm just really I get chills when I talk about it.
Logan ChurchGUEST
You know, it is a beautiful way that we're able to come together as Catholics and truly make a difference.
Amy McInernySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
If this amendment were to pass, it would put women's reproductive healthcare at grave risk.
speaker_3CORRESPONDENT
Amy McInerny is the director of the Catholic Diocese of Arlington's Office of Marriage, Family and Respect Life.
speaker_3CORRESPONDENT
VPM News spoke to her recently as part of our series Amending Virginia.
Amy McInernySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
It would allow for unregulated abortion for any reason, um, by unlicensed providers.
Larry O'ConnorHOST
Anyway, we'll get into that [laughs] in a little bit, uh, in this hour.
Larry O'ConnorHOST
Also, a, uh, stunning statement from the Bishop of the Diocese of Northern Virginia delivered about two statewide initiatives.
Larry O'ConnorHOST
You don't often see Catholic bishops getting involved in American politics and an election the way we just did from the local bishop here in Northern Virginia.
Larry O'ConnorHOST
We'll play that for you coming up in the next hour.
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Larry O'ConnorHOST
At a time when many of us are frustrated when our institutions aren't standing up for what we believe our institutions have always stood up for, uh, it was refreshing this weekend to see, well, something that you would expect to be the norm.
Larry O'ConnorHOST
In Northern Virginia, the, uh, bishop, Michael Burbidge, uh, put out a demand of every priest in every parish in Northern Virginia to read a statement to all those attending mass in every church across the entire Arlington Diocese.
Larry O'ConnorHOST
It had to do with two specific ballot initiatives that Virginians will be voting on this November, uh, at a time when Catholics in leadership roles, priests, bishops, uh, refuse to boldly take a stand on political issues in this country.
Joe McClainHOST
And now your headline news.
Joe McClainHOST
Zeal reports Bishop Burbage orders every priest of the Diocese of Arlington to tell Catholics to vote no on Virginia's abortion and marriage amendments.
Joe McClainHOST
Bishop Michael Burbage directed every priest in the Diocese of Arlington to read a letter at masses all over the weekend, urging Catholics to reject two proposed amendments to the Virginia Constitution.
Joe McClainHOST
Ballot question one, which would add a fundamental right to reproductive freedom, and ballot question number two, which would remove the state's constitutional definition of marriage as the union of one man and one woman.
Joe McClainHOST
Talked about that yesterday.
Marcus PeterHOST
He never imagined he'd be working at the Pentagon someday, but that is where he now serves part-time at a chapel memorializing the people who died there on 9-11, and he joins us.
Marcus PeterHOST
Father Vincent Ferrer has served as the Director of Music for the Cathedral of St. Thomas More in the Diocese of Arlington, Virginia since August 2022, where he conducts the cathedral and diocesan choirs and serves as organist and cantor, Dominican priest of the province of St. Joseph.
Marcus PeterHOST
Father, thank you for joining us.
Marcus PeterHOST
How are you?
Clare Anne AthGUEST
So this individual is very, very key.
Clare Anne AthGUEST
And that's one of, has actually been the biggest concerns of, I know I'm in the Diocese of Arlington and Bishop Burbage has really been, educating and advocating a lot on this kind of ballot initiative, because what it will do by saying every individual is remove any kind of parental consent law that's already in the books in Virginia and allow underage girls to get an abortion without telling their parents.
Clare Anne AthGUEST
So that is really something big that will undo existing legislation in the state, but then would make it that if we did get pro-life politicians in Virginia, we did decide we want to change this.
Clare Anne AthGUEST
It's not just we're going to put up a bill and have a heartbeat law.
Joe McClainHOST
God rest her soul.
Joe McClainHOST
And by the way, we are still praying for and asking you to pray for the repose of the soul of Father Duster House, who was on our Ask a Priest live radio program here at the Station of the Cross, who just recently passed away in the Diocese of Arlington, Front Royal, Virginia.
Joe McClainHOST
Please keep him in your prayers.
Joe McClainHOST
I would be...
Joe McClainHOST
Father Deuster House passed away just a couple of days ago, actually.
Joe McClainHOST
He was from the Diocese of Arlington, Front Royal, Virginia.
Joe McClainHOST
And he was one of our Ask a Priest Live priests right here at the station across Catholic Media Network.
Joe McClainHOST
And we found out that he had cancer.
Josh MercerHOST
The first ballot question would add a legal right to abortion in the state's constitution.
Josh MercerHOST
The Diocese of Arlington, Virginia said the proposal would weaken existing health and safety regulations, allow unlicensed providers to perform abortion throughout all nine months of the pregnancy, and would reduce parental involvement in minors' medical decisions.
Josh MercerHOST
The second ballot question would remove the provision in the state's constitution that defines marriage as a union of one man and one woman.
Josh MercerHOST
The diocese argued that Virginia lawmakers would enshrine into the state's constitution the false legal definition of marriage that was unjustly established by the U.S. Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell decision.