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MISSION
Serve as liaison to state government on matters of concern to the Catholic Church in the seven dioceses of the Province of Miami, as a nonpartisan public policy voice on behalf of the Catholic Bishops of Florida.
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September 7Governor Rick Scott has scheduled an October 5 execution for Cary Michael Lambrix, a Death Row inmate convicted of killing Aleisha Bryant and Clarence Moore in 1983. Scott ordered Lambrix to be put to death last year, but the Florida Supreme Court put the execution on hold after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the state's death-penalty sentencing system. The death warrant for Lambrix, issued Friday, September 1, came little more than a week after Mark Asay was executed by lethal injection in the state's first execution in 19 months.
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September 5
Effective today, Marco T. Paredes, Jr. joins the Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops (FCCB) as associate director for health. His primary responsibility is to serve as a representative of the bishops on issues pertaining to access to health care, freedom to serve and end-of-life care before the legislative and executive branches of government and community organizations. -
August 21After eighteen months with no executions in our state, Mark Asay is scheduled to be executed on Thursday, August 24, 2017, at 6:00 p.m. Asay received two death sentences for the 1987 murders of Robert Lee Booker and Robert McDowell.
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August 8The Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops has joined the USCCB Committee on Catholic Education and numerous other entities in support of #EdTaxCredit50, an advocacy campaign proposing the creation and adoption of a national education tax credit program. In such a program, donations made to certain non-profit scholarship organizations would generate federal tax credits for individuals and corporations. This charitable activity would increase K-12 options for low and middle-income families, including the ability to send their children to faith-based and independent schools.
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FCCB Vision
The Gospel of Jesus Christ and the teachings of his Church guide the work of the Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops which, through relationships with representatives and agencies of Florida government, analyzes the moral dimension of public policies, proclaims the sanctity of life and dignity of the human person, leads decision makers in reaching just solutions, and provides opportunities for Catholics in Florida to carry out their responsibility to participate in political life.
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Bishops of florida
Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski
Archdiocese of Miami, President
Bishop Gerald M. Barbarito
Diocese of Palm Beach, Vice-President
Bishop Gregory L. Parkes
Diocese of St. Petersburg, Treasurer
Bishop Frank J. Dewane
Diocese of Venice
Bishop John G. Noonan
Diocese of Orlando
Bishop Felipe J. Estévez
Diocese of St. Augustine
Bishop William A. Wack, CSC
Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee
Auxiliary Bishop Peter Baldacchino
Archdiocese of Miami