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Bishop Robert Barron discusses his work on the presidential religious liberty commission and the importance of religious freedom.

Welcome back to the Word on Fire Show . I'm Matthew Petrusek, senior director of the Word on Fire Institute and the host of the Word on Fire Show . Thank you for joining us. Bishop Robert Barron has long defended religious freedom as a universal human right. As part of his ongoing advocacy—which includes a new book on how to confront persecution against Christians—he has recently completed serving on a presidential religious liberty commission charged with ensuring that people of all faiths can participate fully in society without fear of violence or unjust discrimination. One of the few Catholic ecclesial voices on the commission, his work addressed multiple abiding and practical questions. For example, at the conceptual level, what is religious freedom, and what role should the government play in protecting it? How can we define religious freedom in a way that prevents one religion's exercise of their freedom from infringing upon the freedom of other religions, or on those who claim no religion at all? And at the more concrete level, where, right now, are the greatest threats to religious freedom and what can we do both legislatively and individually to combat them? Here to…

People in this episode

Host: Matthew Petrusek

Guest: Bishop Robert Barron

Topics covered

• religious freedom
• advocacy
• government role
• persecution
• commission experience

Keywords

• religious liberty
• human rights
• Christian persecution
• government protection
• freedom of religion

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Word on Fire Institute, presidential religious liberty commission

Books & works: new book on how to confront persecution against Christians

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