As we continue to celebrate our nation’s semiquincentennial, I would like to offer some more reflections on the tremendous freedom we enjoy in our country.  One of these freedoms is freedom to worship God according to our consciences.  Our nation’s Constitution declares in its very first amendment that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.”  The Constitution regulates Congress which, according to its first amendment, should not make any laws that would prohibit the free exercise of our religion.

In 2012, the […]

Our Lord calls us to “do to others whatever you would have them do to you” (Mt. 7:12), and then teaches us to love our neighbor, using his parable of the Good Samaritan to demonstrate who is our neighbor (cf.  Lk 10:29ff).  It should be a matter of great concern for all of us that, in a country as prosperous as ours, so many of our fellow Americans (approximately 11% of the 340 million Americans) live in poverty.  For more than half a century, the Catholic Campaign for Human Development […]

Our nation’s semiquincentennial is well underway with a variety of special celebrations.  Since one of the important freedoms that make up the foundation of our country is religious freedom, the Catholic Church has gotten involved in a number of significant ways.  The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops consecrated the nation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus on 11 June, the eve of the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.  This historic event was designed to recognize the Kingship of Christ and promote healing and peace in our nation.

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