The U.S. bishops have called for a Fortnight for Freedom, a two-week period of prayer and action (21 June-4 July), to address many current challenges to religious liberty, including the 1 August 2013 deadline for religious organizations to comply with the HHS mandate, Supreme Court rulings that could attempt to redefine marriage in June, and religious liberty concerns in areas such as immigration and humanitarian services.
For additional information related to this initiative, please visit:
Facebook: Fortnight for Freedom 2013
USCCB: 2013 Fortnight for Freedom: June 21 to July 4
Media commentary:
Washington Post: On Faith: Religious freedom is not a ‘second-class right’
Seek First the Kingdom (A Blog by Cardinal Donald Wuerl): Fortnight for Freedom
Timothy Cardinal Dolan's Blog: Fortnight For Freedom
“We should be free to preach the gospel, we should be free to help the poor in Christ’s name, we should be free to heal the sick in Christ’s name, we should be free to educate in Christ’s name, and now we are being told for the first time that the government has the right to tell us that our ministries are now public services without religious reference . . . . It’s chilling and difficult for me to live with that my own government is now saying that what you thought you could do, namely exercise your religion freely as you define it, now depends upon how we define what you do. This isn’t just the bishops, we have Catholic University, Notre Dame University, and many others who are saying “You are robbing of us of our identity as Catholics.” - Francis Cardinal George, Archbishop of Chicago
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