Washington D.C., Feb 4, 2016 / 00:04 am
The future of religious freedom in the United States will one day be in the care of today's college students, so one Catholic college is working to equip them for that struggle.
Wyoming Catholic College is trying to form a "community of people who care about what's going on in the world," Dr. Kevin Roberts, the college's president, explained to CNA in an interview.
They do this through "informal circles of conversation" among faculty, staff, and students on specific current-day threats to religious freedom such as the HHS contraception mandate and anti-discrimination statues, he explained.
Roberts was speaking at a Jan. 21 Heritage Foundation panel on "Religious Liberty and the Future." He addressed the topic from the vantage point of a college president who is forming students – future leaders – to deal with threats to religious freedom.