Father Deacon Andrew Bennett served as Canada's first (and so far, only) Ambassador for Religious Freedom from 2013-2016. He joins us to discuss his time as a diplomat championing religious liberty, the duty for governments to defend this essential human right, and how the future of religious freedom will ultimately depend on the faithful having the courage and the capacity to truly understand and publicly live out the truths of the Gospel.
Fr. Dcn. Bennett currently serves as Senior Fellow at the Religious Freedom Institute in Washington, DC, and Director of the Religious Freedom Institute and Faith Community Engagement at Cardus in Ottawa, Canada.
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Documents/Websites Referenced:
Father Deacon Andrew Bennett
Cardus
Religious Freedom Institute
Shahbaz Bhatti
Office of International Religious Freedom (USA)
United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (UCIRF)
Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief (United Nations)
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Berkley Centre for Religion, Peace and World Affairs (Georgetown University)
A Closer Look at How Religious Restrictions Have Risen Around the World (Pew Research)
Dignitatis Humanae - Declaration on Religious Freedom (Vatican II)
Dr. Brian Bird, "The ban on in-person worship continues in BC." Vancouver Sun, 1 January 2021
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