Dominican Father Thomas Crean, a member of the Priory of St. Michael the Archangel in England, says many Catholics today erroneously believe we should no longer seek to build a Catholic society — that ...

COMMENTARY: The Second Vatican Council’s declaration on religious liberty is just as important today as it was when it was promulgated by Blessed Pope Paul VI 50 years ago today. Pope Francis ...

The Declaration on Religious Freedom, which was approved in the last phase of Vatican II, is one of the most discussed documents and certainly the most innovative of the Council. The State must give ...

After four Fortnights for Freedom and multiple Catholic lawsuits over the contraceptive mandate of the Affordable Care Act, an observer might well conclude that religious freedom is a fundamental ...

December 7, 2005, marks the 40th anniversary of Dignitatis Humanae, the Second Vatican Council’s declaration on religious freedom. Dignitatis Humanae asserts the fundamental right of all individuals, ...

U.S. Cardinal Raymond L. Burke has resigned from the Dignitatis Humanae Institute, saying it has become “more and more identified with the political program” of Steve Bannon. In a letter posted on his ...

The religious freedom campaign of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops took on a new urgency, wrapped in ominous tones and a foreboding script, in a newly released video. The nine-and-a-half minute ...

Debate on the issue of religious freedom during the Second Vatican Council’s third session had been tumultuous. As the final session opened on September 14, 1965, two opposing and irreconcilable ...

Despite the increasing appeal of democratic ideas around much of the world, a core democratic principle -- freedom of religion -- continues to face stiff resistance. The problem is especially acute, ...

Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon and his British business partner Benjamin Harnwell have been evicted from the 800-year-old mountaintop monastery in Italy where they intended to launch ...