Catholic bishops offer broader perspective on religious freedom than that often heard

Issues cited by church leaders include civility, treatment of immigrants

Photo from Madrid, Spain, by Maria Teneva; licensed by Unsplash.

Religious freedom has a negative reputation in much of the U.S. political world as Christian nationalists and other religious conservatives often make religious freedom synonymous with the perceived right to discriminate against LGBTQ persons or to prioritize certain religious views above o…