{"id":86542,"date":"2026-09-15T08:33:30","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T12:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=86542"},"modified":"2026-09-15T08:33:30","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T12:33:30","slug":"a-rare-move-by-a-virginia-bishop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/a-rare-move-by-a-virginia-bishop\/","title":{"rendered":"A Rare Move By A Virginia Bishop"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\udea8A RARE MOVE by a Virginia Bishop Ahead of Election Day<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Catholic Bishop Michael Burbidge says he has never before asked every priest in his diocese to do what he requested this weekend: read a letter at Mass urging Catholics to oppose two Virginia constitutional amendments on abortion and marriage.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Across 70 parishes serving more than 430,000 Catholics in Northern Virginia, worshippers heard Burbidge warn against what he called &#8216;two dangerous ballot initiatives&#8217;\u2014proposed constitutional amendments that Virginians will decide Nov. 3. Early voting begins Friday.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The effort follows a joint statement Burbidge issued with Richmond Bishop Barry Knestout in August. In his latest letter, Burbidge urged parishioners to pledge to vote at https:\/\/t.co\/kJzKhv4RZd, cast ballots early beginning Friday, and encourage their family, friends, and colleagues to oppose the amendments.&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>MORE:\u2b07\ufe0f<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/t.co\/DdCxpfV172<\/p>\n<p>Video: Statement of Bishop Burbidge Instructing Catholics to Vote \u2018No\u2019 on Virginia Ballot Questions 1 &amp; 2<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Virginia News Vanguard (@VaNewsVanguard) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/VaNewsVanguard\/status\/2099473235406708897?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 14, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83d\udea8A RARE MOVE by a Virginia Bishop Ahead of Election Day &#8220;Catholic Bishop Michael Burbidge says he has never before.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-86542","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86542","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86542"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86542\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86543,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86542\/revisions\/86543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}