In the first in a two-part series, Elder Holland and the Rev. Teal are joined by guest host Sheri Dew to discuss interfaith friendship and community building.
Jesus Christ’s “teachings are the guiding light that illuminates our path,” Latter-day Saint testified during an interfaith event hosted by a Pope Francis during first-ever papal visit to Mongolia.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints hosted an exhibit that featured a Christus statue and family history during a global faith event in Chicago.
“The most effective representation of religious liberty is a representation that stands up for people of faith or no faith,” said President Dallin H. Oaks during an interview featured on the Church News podcast.
“Religious freedom is not just the right to believe; it is the right to carry our beliefs into action,” said President Dallin H. Oaks in a Church News podcast.
Elder Clark G. Gilbert was the keynote speaker at BYU’s Religious Freedom Annual Review, which also featured multiple sessions with policymakers, scholars and religious leaders.
Speakers and panelists discussed using religious liberty to bring people together during the Fairness for All Summit on the 10th annual Iowa Religious Freedom Day.
Speaking to stake and mission leaders in Illinois and Wisconsin, President Oaks addressed the Respect for Marriage Act — which codified same-sex marriage and also provided needed protections for religious expression.
The Constitution creates a system of government that will only succeed when citizens seek to moderate and to unify on contested issues, said Thomas B. Griffith.
“We will always be for religious liberty, and we want it for everybody,” says Elder Quentin L. Cook in a Church News video titled “A Righteous Motive.”
In part 3 of a three-part series, President Oaks spoke about the importance of religious freedom during an interview at the Rome Temple Visitors’ Center.
“The most effective representation of religious liberty is a representation that stands up for people of faith or no faith,” President Oaks said at the 2022 Notre Dame Religious Liberty Summit.
The dean of Notre Dame Law School said religious freedom is “an essential precondition for political freedom, economic prosperity and human flourishing.”
From President Dallin H. Oaks in Rome to Elder Ulisses Soares in Brazil to President Camille N. Johnson in Iowa, Church leaders have taught about religious freedom on three continents.