(National Catholic Register. Andrea M. Picciotti-Bayer).
The Catholic Church in the United States has always had a knack for responding not just to the needs of the faithful but of society at large. Consider, for example, the U.S. bishops’ Religious Freedom Week, running from June 22-29. By asking Catholics across the country to promote and protect religious freedom here at home and abroad, the Church is championing individual freedom and the common good. And never more so than now. The focus of this year’s Religious Freedom Week is a subject that desperately needs addressing. Catholics are being asked to consider the importance of sacred spaces. Why? Because they are under threat.