“Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s” is a common expression to say Christians’ duty to the state is not absolute. But what should we “render to God,” and why?
That was the question considered by Archbishop Charles Chaput of Philadelphia in his homily at the concluding mass of the Fortnight for Freedom at the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. A two week observance from June 21 to July 4 consisting of many prayers, meditations, and special masses, the concluding mass drew an overflowing assembly at noon on July 4.
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