Bishop Loverde personally delivers 200k pro-life postcards to Congress

This is something I love to see: a bishop going the extra mile, even if it means going outside the box.

Or in this case, a bishop going a few miles, across the Potomac!

Diocese of Arlington Director of Communications Joelle Santolla explains:

This Thursday Bishop Loverde delivered our anti-FOCA postcards by hand to the offices of Senators Webb and Warner.

He was told how much weight comes with a personal visit to a lawmaker, and knowing how detrimental FOCA and its other iterations would be, he wanted to have a chance to speak directly with our representatives to convey the seriousness of these issues ... taking with him nearly 200,000 post cards [pictured left].

He ended up talking about FOCA, the Conscience Clause and abortion (he met with Sen. James Webb and spoke with a policy representative from Warner’s office as well).

The Arlington Catholic Herald has a full article on the story. [photo credit: Dave Borowski]

Bishop Loverde has given us a fine example of using one's episcopal station to help the plight of the unborn.

update - a few more details from Joelle:

Sister Clare Hunter, who accompanied the Bishop, said that both offices were very welcoming and respectful of Bishop Loverde, and both extended the invitation to return for further discussion.

Bishop said, "These visits make absolutely clear our grave concerns about these issues and our firm and committed determination to protect life from conception to natural death. I welcome future opportunities to make our position clear and, in fact, will seek them out."