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Bishop Burbidge opens Fortnight for Freedom on the feast day of St. Thomas More.
p class="Summarygraph">Since its creation, the U.S. bishops' religious liberty committee has garnered much attention on the national stage for its efforts to protect religious freedom and fight government infringement on that freedom. At the state and local levels, religious liberty advocacy also has made strides.
Jesus loves and reveals himself to those who are meek, defenseless and humble of heart, Pope Francis said.
The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and the chairmen of the bishops' migration and international policy committees urged Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly to defer deportation of Chaldean Christians and others arrested June 11.
On June 14, the Vatican launched an anonymous online survey for young people between ages 16-29 to complete. The hope is to provide a platform for a range of voices to express their hopes, fears and challenges of living in light of faith.
Parishes throughout the Arlington Diocese will join Arlington Bishop Michael F. Burbidge and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in raising awareness about the importance of religious freedom during the annual “Fortnight for Freedom.”
The annual observance of World Refugee Day June 20 "provides an opportunity to raise awareness about the global refugee situation and the success of resettled refugees," an official with the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said in a June 19 statement.
The organizer of a June 16 protest in Detroit against federal agents' rounding up more than 100 Iraqi-American immigrants told local media that those who were detained had no prior warning that Immigration and Customs Enforcement would be arresting them the morning of June 11.
An ecumenical prayer service remembers those martyred around the world.
p class="Summarygraph">A recent panel on "Pope Francis, Catholic Social Thought and U.S. Public Life" was an opportunity to think about our political era from a Catholic vantage point.
