TALLAHASSEE – The bishops of Florida commend our state legislature for passing, with bipartisan support, legislation that ensures a parent provides consent before a minor can terminate her pregnancy. Parental consent is required prior to a minor's medical treatment in most every instance, this
On January 17, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) and the Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops (FCCB) filed an amicus curiae brief with the Supreme Court of the United States in support of James M. Dailey, an inmate on Florida’s death row, urging a new trial in his case due to
The FCCB has identified its public policy priorities for the 2020 Legislative Session, set to begin January 14. Key issues of concern are identified under the advocacy areas of life, education, health care, and family & social concerns. The 2020 Public Policy Priorities are listed on our website
“So great is the value of a human life, and so inalienable the right to life of an innocent child growing in the mother’s womb, that no alleged right to one’s own body can justify a decision to terminate that life, which is an end in itself and which can never be considered the ‘property’ of
Response summaries for candidates running in the November 6 General Election are now available on the Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops website at https://www.flaccb.org/2018cqp and are also linked below: Response Summaries Diocese of Palm Beach (English) | (Spanish)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Michael B. Sheedy Executive Director (850) 205-6820 msheedy@flaccb.org Catholic Bishops Urge Governor Scott to Spare the Life of Eric Branch Floridians pray for an end to the use of the death penalty TALLAHASSEE, FL (February 19,
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ingrid Delgado Associate for Social Concerns/Respect Life (850) 205-6825 idelgado@flaccb.org TALLAHASSEE, FL (January 11, 2018) – In their annual statement marking the January 22 anniversary of the U.S. Supreme
Statement of the Catholic Bishops of Florida on the 45th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade January 22, 2018 On this sad anniversary, we invite deeper reflection on the outcome of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Roe v. Wade. Instead of being a
TALLAHASSEE, FL – The Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops urges Governor Rick Scott to spare the life of Patrick Hannon. Hannon is scheduled to be executed Wednesday, November 8, 2017, at 6:00 p.m. for the 1991 murders of Brandon Snider and Robert Carter. In a November 6
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Michael B. Sheedy Executive Director (850) 205-6820 msheedy@flaccb.org Bishops urge Governor Scott to spare the life of Mark Asay Floridians pray for an end to the use of the death penalty TALLAHASSEE, FL – After eighteen months with no executions
