CHARLOTTE — A Religious Liberty March and Prayer Vigil was held in Charlotte to mark the opening of the U.S. bishops' fifth annual Fortnight for Freedom June 21, the vigil of the feast of Sts. Thomas More and John Fisher.
Marchers processed from the Diocese of Charlotte Pastoral Center to Independence Square in uptown Charlotte, then to the Charles R. Jonas Federal Building, where they prayed the Litany for Religious Liberty, the rosary and the Chaplet of Divine Mercy.
This year's campaign, "Witness to Freedom," celebrates exemplary witnesses to religious freedom. Online at www.Fortnight4Freedom.org, find USCCB resources including prayers, fact sheets, information about religious liberty, and information about the lives of Christian witness of women and men of faith, from all over the world.
The 14-day observance of the Fortnight for Freedom, which closes on Independence Day, July 4, is a call by the U.S. bishops for all Catholics in our nation to pray, learn and get involved in peaceful public action to protect the right to religious liberty, "Our First, Most Cherished Liberty."
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