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hedgehog

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3. It was an American, John Courtney Murray,

Reply to grantcart (Original post)

Mon Feb 13, 2012, 12:47 PM

Feb 2012

who placed freedom of conscience front and center at Vatican II. Ironically, it is the United States, with its separation of Church and State, that has the highest percentage of people actively engaged in religious congregations.

http://www.duke.edu/web/kenanethics/CaseStudies/VaticanII.pdf

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The astounding Hutzpah of the Catholic Church on religious liberty. [View all] grantcart Feb 2012 OP

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It was an American, John Courtney Murray, hedgehog Feb 2012 #3

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