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While challenges in the United States pale in comparison to the violence faced by our Christian brothers and sisters abroad, they remind us that religious freedom requires constant vigilance.
International Religious Freedom Day commemorates the anniversary of the passage of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998. As American Catholics gathered together this past Sunday to celebrate the Holy Mass — freely, openly, without fear — we must pause to remember the countless believers worldwide who cannot do the same.
The Oct. 27 observance comes at a pivotal moment.
Just last week, Aid to the Church in Need — a pontifical foundation whose mission is to support the persecuted — launched its Religious Freedom Report, warning that nearly two-thirds of the world’s population live in countries where serious religious freedom violations take place. Consistent with these grave findings, Pope Leo XIV posted on X a clear statement of Catholic Church teaching:
Religious Freedom allows individuals and communities to seek the truth, live it freely, and bear witness to it openly. It is therefore a cornerstone of any just society, for it safeguards the moral space in which conscience may be formed and exercised.
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International Religious Freedom Day commemorates the anniversary of the passage of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998. As American Catholics gathered together this past Sunday to celebrate the Holy Mass — freely, openly, without fear — we must pause to remember the countless believers worldwide who cannot do the same.
The Oct. 27 observance comes at a pivotal moment.
Just last week, Aid to the Church in Need — a pontifical foundation whose mission is to support the persecuted — launched its Religious Freedom Report, warning that nearly two-thirds of the world’s population live in countries where serious religious freedom violations take place. Consistent with these grave findings, Pope Leo XIV posted on X a clear statement of Catholic Church teaching:
Religious Freedom allows individuals and communities to seek the truth, live it freely, and bear witness to it openly. It is therefore a cornerstone of any just society, for it safeguards the moral space in which conscience may be formed and exercised.
Continued below.
Pivotal Point for International Religious Freedom
COMMENTARY: While challenges in the United States pale in comparison to the violence faced by our Christian brothers and sisters abroad, they remind us that religious freedom requires constant vigilance.
