Joseph Weiler, attorney and scholar, spoke on religious liberty at Catholic University on March 19. Catholic News Service covered the lecture. See below.

Honoree calls religious liberty 'most fundamental freedom in society'

From: Catholic News Service (via Catholic Philly) Date: March 26, 2015 Author: Nate Madden

Religious liberty is "the most fundamental freedom in society" and it is at "the very core of the human condition," attorney and scholar Joseph Weiler told an audience at The Catholic University of America in Washington.

He gave a lecture at a ceremony where he was presented an honorary doctorate of theology by the university.

In attendance were John Garvey, the university's president, and several members of its academic faculty at the March 19 event hosted by the School of Theology and Religious Studies.

In honoring Weiler, the university cited his lifelong contributions to the cause of religious liberty, scholarship on Judeo-Christian morality in European public life, and the continued development of Catholic-Jewish relations in the Western world.

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