The Apostolic Nuncio Explains It All

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Religious freedom, persecution, and martyrdom in the age of Obama.

G. Tracy Mehan, III

12.4.12

 

Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, the Vatican's Apostolic Nuncio to the United States, is a well-traveled man, having served in Iraq, Kuwait, Great Britain, Strasbourg, Nigeria and, now, the United States.

 

As a churchman and a diplomat, the Archbishop is in a unique position to analyze threats to religious liberty and practice ("a fundamental and non-derogable right") under a variety of political regimes throughout the world. A month ago he offered his views on the subjects of religious freedom, persecution, and martyrdom at the University of Notre Dame conference, "Seed of the Church: Telling the Story of Today's Christian Martyrs."

 

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But the Nuncio's message in South Bend was geared to those who might not yet appreciate the threat to religious liberty in supposedly free countries including the United States.

 

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