The full text of the pope’s speech this morning at the White House after the jump:
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Posted in Misc: Article | Under Climate Change, Environmentalism, Immigration, Marriage, Pope Francis, President Obama, Religious Freedom, Religious Liberty, Washington D.C |
4.3Any Liberals for Religious Freedom?
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We are in favor of protecting the rights of gays and lesbians and in favor of protecting the rights of religious minorities. Peter Steinfels writes in Commonweal about the misplaced outrage over Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act: Any Liberals for Religious Freedom? And Conor Friedersdorf writes on the same topic in The Atlantic: The Misdirected Zeal of Same-Sex Marriage Converts
Read More2.16Prayer for Coptic Christians: To Mary, the Light of Hope by JPII
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The Islamic State has beheaded 21 Coptic (Egyptian) Christians. Pope Francis has denounced the killings. Read his remarks from Vatican News here: A Witness That Cries Out. A prayer for peace, to Mary the Light of Hope by Pope St. John Paul II after the jump:
Read More1.4The New Age of Christian Martyrdom
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Lions have been replaced by firing squads and concentration camps as record numbers of Christians are being persecuted and killed from Syria to North Korea. Read about it in The Daily Beast: The New Age of Christian Martyrdom
Read More11.20Religious Liberty and the Feast of Christ the King
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Under Feast of Christ the King, Prayer, Religious Freedom, Religious Liberty, Religious Persecution, Religious Tolerance
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The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has asked Catholics this Sunday to pray for the protection of religious liberty. Their statement and prayers for religious freedom after the jump:
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