The Church must be free to cultivate the life of prayer needed to nurture discipleship in people who can, in turn, be leaven in society.
Jason Adkins: A Church for the poor requires religious freedom
U.S. bishops ‘gravely disappointed’ with House passage of Equality Act
“Rather than offering meaningful protections for individuals, the Equality Act would impose sweeping new norms that negatively impact the unborn, health care, charitable services, schools, personal privacy, athletics, free speech, religious liberties and parental rights,” they said.
Four bishops sign on to letter voicing concerns with Equality Act
Four U.S. bishops, chairmen of U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops committees or subcommittees, have signed on to a letter voicing religious freedom concerns with the Equality Act, introduced in the House this year.
Pontifical Mission Society leaders take justice message to Capitol Hill
Leaders from the Pontifical Mission Societies spent a day of their national meeting bending the ear of members of Congress, urging action on climate change, the protection of immigrants and religious freedom.
Asian Church leaders voice alarm over decline in press freedom
Church leaders across Asia have expressed alarm over threats to press freedom amid reports of increasing attacks and intimidation of journalists, resulting in growing levels of self-censorship.
Maryland Day marks special homecoming for 17th-century iron cross
Lord Baltimore, who was Catholic, established the Maryland colony as a haven for religious toleration, and historians now regard Maryland as the birthplace of religious freedom in the United States.
Faith leaders urge Trump, other U.S. leaders to uphold religious liberty
In an April 4 letter, more than 140 religious leaders, including the chairmen of three U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ committees, urged President Donald Trump and the other U.S. leaders to recognize that “individuals of all faiths and none have equal dignity, worth and rights to religious freedom.”
Cardinal defends Vatican-China agreement amid criticism
Critics of an agreement signed between the Vatican and the Chinese government must be patient and not quick to judge a deal that is meant to protect religious freedom, the Vatican secretary of state said.