Archbishop Lori on the
Fortnight for Freedom
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The
following is an excerpt from an article written by Archbishop William Lori for
Columbia, the magazine of the Knights of Columbus
There
is an increasing tendency on the part of many in our society to reduce
religious liberty almost solely to freedom of worship. This we must resist. Religious freedom surely includes freedom of
worship, but it also includes the freedom for private individuals to live their
faith in the workplace and to advocate in the public square those truths and
values that flow from faith. Moreover,
authentic religious freedom includes the freedom of churches and church
organizations to conduct their schools, social services and other activities in
accordance with their beliefs and teachings.
Precisely
because of this tendency to reduce religious freedom to freedom of worship, we
need to come together in prayer. We need
to pray as individuals and families…And we…need to make every effort to
participate wholeheartedly in the national and local activities of this year’s
Fortnight for Freedom.
May
we unite in protecting our first and most cherished freedom, religious liberty!
