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

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
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.

Challenges to religious freedom continue, archbishop tells USCCB

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
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.

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

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
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.

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

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
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.

Bishops disappointed with Congress’s inaction on Conscience Protection Act

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
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.

Bishops urge federal protections for supporters of traditional marriage

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Mar 15, 2018

The chairmen of two U.S. bishops’ committees March 14 called the First Amendment Defense Act “a modest and important measure” because it protects those who believe marriage is “the union of one man and one woman.”