Freedom. The Freedom Forum. Freedom & Human Dignity. Holy See: Modern Challenges to Religious Freedom On Friday, 3 December, Archbishop Giovanni Lajolo, Secretary for the Holy See's Relations with States, delivered the following address at a Conference on Religious Freedom organized by the Embassy of the United States of America to the Holy See at the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome.
Mr Ambassador, I am grateful to His Excellency Mr Jim Nicholson, Ambassador of the United States of America to the Holy See, for the invitation to address this Conference that brings to conclusion a series of celebrations on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Holy See and the United States of America. In particular, I wish to express my appreciation for this initiative intended both to confirm and to render more effective the excellent relations between his great Nation and the See of Peter. This is not, as it might first appear, a task free from difficulty. Peace on Earth. Encyclical Letter Of Pope John XXIII On Establishing Universal Peace In Truth, Justice, Charity And Liberty Promulgated on 11 April 1963.
To Our Venerable Brothers The Patriarchs, Primates, Archbishops, Bishops And Other Local Ordinaries In Peace And Communion With The Apostolic See To The Clergy And Faithful Of The Whole World And To All Men Of Good Will. Venerable Brothers and Beloved Children, Health and Apostolic Benediction 1. Peace on earth, which all men of every era have most eagerly yearned for, can be firmly established only if the order laid down by God be dutifully observed. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. Freewill. FREEDOM TO CHOOSE AND SHAPE OUR OWN DESTINY Anthony Fisher, O.P.
"The Universe", 15 November 1992, 21. Fr Anthony Fisher, O.P., an Australian moral theologian now researching a doctorate in Oxford asks: DO I REALLY HAVE FREE WILL? What should I choose? How should I act? What is it reasonable for me to do? Religious Freedom Page. Declaration on Religious Freedom. 1.
A sense of the dignity of the human person has been impressing itself more and more deeply on the consciousness of contemporary man,(1) and the demand is increasingly made that men should act on their own judgment, enjoying and making use of a responsible freedom, not driven by coercion but motivated by a sense of duty. The demand is likewise made that constitutional limits should be set to the powers of government, in order that there may be no encroachment on the rightful freedom of the person and of associations.
This demand for freedom in human society chiefly regards the quest for the values proper to the human spirit. It regards, in the first place, the free exercise of religion in society. This Vatican Council takes careful note of these desires in the minds of men. First, the council professes its belief that God Himself has made known to mankind the way in which men are to serve Him, and thus be saved in Christ and come to blessedness. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Freedom & Liberation. Introduction The yearning for liberation 1.
Awareness of man's freedom and dignity, together with the affirmation of the inalienable rights of individuals and peoples, is one of the major characteristics of our time. But freedom demands conditions of an economic, social, political and cultural kind which makes possible its full exercise. A clear perception of the obstacles which hinder its development and which offend human dignity is at the source of the powerful aspirations to liberation which are at work in our world. The Church of Christ makes these aspirations her own, while exercising discernment in the light of the Gospel which is by its very nature a message of freedom and liberation. Purpose of the instruction 2. With regard to their theme, which is at the heart of the Gospel message, the Church's Magisterium has expressed itself on many occasions.[2] The present document limits itself to indicating its principal <theoretical> and <practical> aspects.
The truth that makes us free. Religious Freedom.