...the new booklet Religious Freedom Today produced by the CTS. Author is John Newton, of Aid to the Church in Need. It explores the whole topic at a deep level, looking at the Church's teaching, and echoing the statement of Benedict XVI that religious liberty "should be understood, then, not merely as immunity from coercion, but even more fundamentally as an ability to order one's own choices in accordance with truth". Newton details examples of restriction of religious practice and puts these in the context of a rich theological insight about freedom and human rights, linked to an authentic development of Catholic teaching centred on the dignity of the human person. The address of Pope Benedict XVI to the United Nations General Assembly is important on all this. Meanwhile the plight of persecuted Christians lays a deep claim on the compassion of us all, and ACN is doing excellent work...
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