First Things RSS Feed - Derek Cross https://www.firstthings.com/author/derek-cross en-us Copyright 2025 First Things. All Rights Reserved. ft@firstthings.com (The Editors) ft@firstthings.com (The Editors) Mon, 20 Jan 2025 16:53:08 -0500 https://d2201k5v4hmrsv.cloudfront.net/img/favicon-196.png First Things RSS Feed Image https://www.firstthings.com/rss/author/derek-cross 60 Tolerance as Catholic Doctrine https://www.firstthings.com/article/1992/10/tolerance-as-catholic-doctrine https://www.firstthings.com/article/1992/10/tolerance-as-catholic-doctrine Thu, 01 Oct 1992 00:00:00 -0400 “T hose who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves,” wrote Abraham Lincoln. Is there any American of sound mind who would not endorse this statement? Yet things having to do with freedom are not always so clear. The crucial case of religious freedom, celebrated by Pope John Paul II as the “cornerstone of the structure of human rights,” a “point of reference” and “measure” of the other fundamental rights, has not, for instance, always found the ready support of papal authority.

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