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U.S./ Religious Liberty is a fact of life--and of citizenship

Robert John Araujo

4/27/2012

If we are believers of God and the next life, we are citizens of two cities. ROBERT JOHN ARAUJO comments on this dual citizenship and what it means for politics.       

Religious freedom is an issue of burning relevance, that is still subjected today to innumerable attacks. The attack on the public presence of religion in the society is yet not limited to dictatorial states, but is affecting democratic societies as well in the name of a misunderstood neutrality of the State.

4/26/2012

U.S./ More on religious freedom, the Bishops, politics, and the Commonweal editorial

Richard Garnett

RICHARD GARNETT discusses the Bishop’s statement on religious freedom, and whether or not it is, or can be perceived as, partisan, responding to reactions from the public. 

3/27/2012

U.S./ A Horrible Court Decision in Massachusetts

Michael Sean Winters

MICHAEL SEAN WINTERS comments on a court decision against the Department of Health and Human Services because certain contracts violated the Establishment Clause on freedom of religion.

2/22/2012

RELIGIOUS FREEDOM/ Libertas ecclesiae: freedom for the truth

Scott Dodge

SCOTT DODGE comments on religious freedom and how we no longer understand either of those words in our increasingly secularized society, using the words of Blessed Pope John XXIII.

2/14/2012

HHS MANDATE/ Happy Valentine’s Day from the Catholic Church!

Margaret McCarthy

MARGARET MCCARTHY comments on the HHS mandate and compromise, how they reduce religious freedom to what a person can say and do in private, and how the Church responds.

2/1/2012

CONSCIENCE PROTECTION/ The Church's right to govern itself at stake

Suzanne Lewis

SUZANNE LEWIS comments on the history of libertas ecclesiae, the Church’s freedom to govern itself, and how that history is being overturned in the new health care law.