Dec 16, 2004 / 22:00 pm
The new executive director of the Virginia Catholic Conference has his sight set on promoting a consistent ethic of life and creating a culture of life in the southern state.
The Virginia bishops established the conference in September to promote the Catholic perspective in the legislative process, and they hired lawyer Jeff Caruso as its executive director.
"Slowly, one step at a time, we will move state policies closer to the vision of respect of human life and dignity," the lawyer said in a report published in the Arlington Catholic Herald. Caruso will begin Jan. 4.
"It’s an opportunity to advance the Church’s public policy in Virginia," the Notre Dame graduate told the diocesan paper. It is also an opportunity to help Virginia Catholics make the connection between Gospel values and what is happening in the legislature, he added.