Cardinal Donald Wuerl Keynote Address — Religious Liberty in a Pluralistic Society

This keynote was given during the Georgetown University symposium "Catholic Perspectives on Religious Liberty" hosted by the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs. The event was part of the Berkley Center's Religious Freedom Project.

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September 13, 2012 | Since the Second Vatican Council the Church has placed considerable emphasis on the importance of religious freedom as a matter of human dignity and individual flourishing, and as central to a just and democratic society. Abroad, the persecution of Christians and others has reached significant, perhaps even crisis, proportions. At home, issues involving same-sex marriage, abortion, and contraception have sparked sharp controversy about threats to religious freedom, leading the US Conference of Catholic Bishops to establish its own committee to begin engaging these issues.

The Maryland Catholic Bishops Conference and the Religious Freedom Project of Georgetown University's Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs brought together leading Catholic scholars to address these questions from different perspectives. Cardinal Donald Wuerl gave the symposium keynote address.

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