Posted on 06/20/2014 6:18:17 PM PDT by yongin
The Church’s service to the poor and vulnerable, and leadership by laypeople in promoting religious liberty, feature prominently in this year’s event.
The “Fortnight for Freedom” has launched into its third year in the United States. But the two weeks of the year dedicated by the U.S. bishops to religious liberty have made the greatest impact in places where laymen and women have seized the initiative with the support of their bishops behind them.
Hillary Byrnes, an attorney for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Ad Hoc Committee on Religious Freedom, told the Register that the levels of participation in 2014’s Fortnight for Freedom (from June 21 to July 4) are on track to match the past two years. At least 80% of the dioceses from all over the country are participating, according to the latest USCCB figures.
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