“What do you people of faith think you bring to our society?”
That's what I was asked while on a panel at a university a few years ago. The topic of the discussion was “The Role of Faith in a Pluralistic Society,” and it was a self-identified atheist who taught at the school who raised the question. While he was referring to a wide range of faith traditions, I responded out of my Catholic faith and as a public representative of the Church. The Church, I said, brings what it has always brought: an invitation to faith; an encounter with Christ; a way of living based on the Gospel; and guidance in building a truly good and just society.
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