Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or Prohibiting the free exercise thereof. U.S. Constitution, First Amendment
Nothing about Catholicism so confuses and often dismaysU.S. Protestants as the stand of the Church on freedom of worship. Does Catholicism support the first article of the Bill of Rights? In U.S. practice, yes; in principle, no.
The August issue of the undenominational Christian Herald presents a question-&-answer analysis of the Catholic position. The Herald asks the questions, takes its answers verbatim from the pamphlet Freedom of Worship, published by the Paulist Fathers with the imprimatur of Cardinal Spellman. Excerpts:
"What is the...
