Polarization threatens religious liberty, but commitment to truth is the antidote, says US bishops’ committee head
July 31, 2024
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CWN Editor's Note: Bishop Kevin Rhoades, chairman of the US bishops’ Committee on Religious Liberty, told the Notre Dame Religious Liberty Summit that polarization fosters a climate of divergent attacks on religious liberty, including the religious liberty of Catholic organizations that serve migrants.
“While it may be the case that one political party has tended to be more helpful on issues related to abortion, we cannot look the other way when that political party attacks religious institutions in a different way,” he said. “We must be faithful witnesses to the truth.”
“When I become polarized, the transcendent horizon that faith ought to present to my vision is eclipsed by the idol of polarized politics,” he added. “If we are to ‘depolarize,’ we must see politics as a space in which we seek the truth of what is good for the political community to which we belong.”
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