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Archbishop Wenski cited a new wave of religious intolerance pointing to laws forbidding public funding of religious schools—overruled by the Supreme Court this week—but also in the HHS contraceptive mandate case of the Little Sisters of the Poor, and 21 year-old Jack Denton, who was removed from his student government position at Florida State University for defending Church teaching.
WASHINGTON — The new leader of the U.S. Catholic bishops on religious liberty has warned of a “soft despotism” of religious intolerance in the U.S. Archbishop Thomas Wenski told CNA that “new Jacobins” are driving Catholics from the public square for their beliefs.
“We’re not second-class citizens because we are people of faith,” said Archbishop Wenski, of Miami and head of the U.S. bishops’ religious freedom committee, in an interview with CNA on Tuesday.
The archbishop said a new wave of religious intolerance is forcing believers and belief out of public life.
Archbishop Wenski pointed to laws forbidding public funding of religious schools—overruled by the Supreme Court this week—but also in the HHS contraceptive mandate case of the Little Sisters of the Poor, and 21 year-old Jack Denton, who was removed from his student government position at Florida State University for defending Church teaching.
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USCCB Religious Liberty Chair Warns: ‘Soft Despotism’ of Anti-Catholicism on the Rise
WASHINGTON — The new leader of the U.S. Catholic bishops on religious liberty has warned of a “soft despotism” of religious intolerance in the U.S. Archbishop Thomas Wenski told CNA that “new Jacobins” are driving Catholics from the public square for their beliefs.
“We’re not second-class citizens because we are people of faith,” said Archbishop Wenski, of Miami and head of the U.S. bishops’ religious freedom committee, in an interview with CNA on Tuesday.
The archbishop said a new wave of religious intolerance is forcing believers and belief out of public life.
Archbishop Wenski pointed to laws forbidding public funding of religious schools—overruled by the Supreme Court this week—but also in the HHS contraceptive mandate case of the Little Sisters of the Poor, and 21 year-old Jack Denton, who was removed from his student government position at Florida State University for defending Church teaching.
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USCCB Religious Liberty Chair Warns: ‘Soft Despotism’ of Anti-Catholicism on the Rise
