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  • Kurtz: ‘Gift of religious freedom’ at risk of ‘being taken for granted’

    Kurtz: ‘Gift of religious freedom’ at risk of ‘being taken for granted’

    • Feb 12, 2019

    Despite its prominence in the U.S. Constitution’s Bill of Rights, “the gift of religious freedom” runs “the risk of being taken for granted,” the head of the U.S. bishops’ religious liberty committee told members of Arizona’s legal profession and state legislators.

    By Jeff Grant
  • Archbishop Kurtz calls for end to ‘religious test’ for judicial nominees

    Archbishop Kurtz calls for end to ‘religious test’ for judicial nominees

    • Feb 5, 2019

    The chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee for Religious Liberty called on the leadership of the Senate Judiciary Committee to end a line of questioning for judicial nominees at confirmation hearings that involves their religious faith.

    By Catholic News Service
  • Kurtz: U.S. society ‘much richer’ when church, government work together

    Kurtz: U.S. society ‘much richer’ when church, government work together

    • Sep 14, 2018

    The chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee for Religious Liberty told a Washington audience Sept. 12 he is concerned about a “steady movement” in the U.S. away from religious institutions and an erosion in the view that religious liberty must be valued.

    By Kurt Jensen
  • Religious liberty ‘rooted in dignity of human person,’ says archbishop

    Religious liberty ‘rooted in dignity of human person,’ says archbishop

    • Jul 31, 2018

    Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of Louisville, Kentucky, gave three reasons why religious freedom is important to the Catholic Church in a speech July 30 at a conference on the issue at the Justice Department in Washington.

    By Steve Larkin
  • Challenges to religious freedom continue, archbishop tells USCCB

    Challenges to religious freedom continue, archbishop tells USCCB

    • Jun 15, 2018

    Challenges to religious freedom continue to emerge and the U.S. Catholic Church will remain steadfast in addressing them to serve the common good, Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of Louisville, Kentucky, told the spring assembly of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.

    By Dennis Sadowski
  • Religious freedom in U.S., around world focus of June 22-29 observance

    Religious freedom in U.S., around world focus of June 22-29 observance

    • Jun 10, 2018

    The U.S. Catholic Church’s 2018 religious freedom observance begins June 22, the feast of two English martyrs who fought religious persecution — Sts. John Fisher and St. Thomas More — and ends June 29, the feast of two apostles martyred in Rome — Sts. Peter and Paul.

    By Catholic News Service
  • Bishops: Kansas, Oklahoma ‘keeping kids first’ with conscience rights law

    Bishops: Kansas, Oklahoma ‘keeping kids first’ with conscience rights law

    • May 21, 2018

    Kansas and Oklahoma “are keeping kids first” by enacting laws protecting the conscience rights of adoption and foster care providers, said the chairmen of three U.S. bishops’ committees May 18.

    By Catholic News Service
  • Bishops disappointed with Congress’s inaction on Conscience Protection Act

    Bishops disappointed with Congress’s inaction on Conscience Protection Act

    • Mar 22, 2018

    The chairmen of the U.S. bishops’ pro-life and religious freedom committees said it was “deeply disappointing” that Congress omitted the Conscience Protection Act from the congressional funding bill for fiscal year 2018.

    By Catholic News Service
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