Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Friends, Christians are by far the most persecuted religious group in the world.
In this week's episode of the Word on Fire Show, Matthew Petrusek and I discuss the meaning and necessity of religious freedom in light of this troubling reality.
In addition, a listener asks: How can we know that Catholicism is true?
00:00 | Introduction
01:36 | Concluding Winona-Rochester’s diocesan synod
03:24 | The work of the Religious Liberty Commission
07:33 | Responding to Religious Liberty Commission criticism
09:11 | The inherent priority of religious liberty
12:32 | Distinguishing the freedoms of religion, conscience, and speech
14:26 | Is religious liberty necessary for worship?
16:33 | Understanding “due limits” to religious liberty
19:33 | Proposition or imposition?
20:24 | Civil authority and religious authority
22:40 | Truth and relativism
27:25 | How poor conceptions of religion undermine religious liberty
28:27 | Advocating for religious liberty
30:06 | Religious freedom in society
31:36 | Why religious liberty matters for evangelization
32:48 | Listener question: How can we know Catholicism is true?
36:01 | Join the Word on Fire Institute
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Friends, Christians are by far the most persecuted religious group in the world.
In this week's episode of the Word on Fire Show, Matthew Petrusek and I discuss the meaning and necessity of religious freedom in light of this troubling reality.
In addition, a listener asks: How can we know that Catholicism is true?
00:00 | Introduction
01:36 | Concluding Winona-Rochester’s diocesan synod
03:24 | The work of the Religious Liberty Commission
07:33 | Responding to Religious Liberty Commission criticism
09:11 | The inherent priority of religious liberty
12:32 | Distinguishing the freedoms of religion, conscience, and speech
14:26 | Is religious liberty necessary for worship?
16:33 | Understanding “due limits” to religious liberty
19:33 | Proposition or imposition?
20:24 | Civil authority and religious authority
22:40 | Truth and relativism
27:25 | How poor conceptions of religion undermine religious liberty
28:27 | Advocating for religious liberty
30:06 | Religious freedom in society
31:36 | Why religious liberty matters for evangelization
32:48 | Listener question: How can we know Catholicism is true?
36:01 | Join the Word on Fire Institute
———WATCH———
Subscribe to this Channel: bit.ly/31LV1sn
Word on Fire Institute Channel: / @word-on-fire
Word on Fire en Español Channel: / @wof-es
———WORD ON FIRE INSTITUTE———
Get a free copy of the latest "Evangelization & Culture Journal": https://wordonfire.institute/journalfree
