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The affirmation of religious freedom by V2 was a massive transition from the previous magisterial position that "error has no rights." Two things concern me about our current Catholic culture re religious freedom:

First, do we accept that Religious Freedom = Freedom of Conscience. That is, in Venn terms, is the concept of Freedom of Conscience synonymous with Freedom of Religions or is it broader? And if it is broader, why are the consciences of non-religious (secular) persons less entitled to protection? (My view is that the two must be understood as synonymous.)

Second, since is it we who affirm religious/conscience freedom, is it not our FIRST obligation to actively respect and protect and defend the freedom of others; rather than, as the US bishops seem to think, a right we claim for ourselves, other be damned.

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