The Political Catholic

Religious Freedom Part III You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its savor, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men. You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a basket. Instead, they set it on a lampstand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In my last 2 posts I have spent some time developing my thoughts on religious freedom; from what I believe were the intentions of our founding fathers   to the views of the Catholic Church in regards to Religious Freedom in the last several centuries.    In this post I am going to struggle to give voice to what should be our response as Catholics to the exhortation of Jesus that I have quoted above.   How do we become salt and light for the world? First let us look at what Jesus said about Authority in his time: And they sent to him their di...