His Eminence Francis Cardinal George, O.M.I., president of the U.S. Council of Bishops for the Catholic Church, gave a forum address this past week at Brigham Young University, one of the universities owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. See the following stories for more information:

Cardinal George Addresses Religious Freedom in Speech at BYU (Contains an audio link.)

LDS, Catholics must defend religious freedom, cardinal says at BYU

Cardinal: Catholics, Mormons must defend religious freedom together

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Elder Dallin H. Oaks addressed an audience yesterday at Harvard University, discussing basic Mormon beliefs. He also talks about how higher education contributes to the lack of understanding about religion.

Transcript of Elder Oaks’ talk follows: “Fundamental Premises of our Faith”

Read news stories below:

Don’t Marginalize Religion, Elder Oaks Says to Harvard Law Students

Apostle Addresses Harvard Audience on Mormon Faith

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See these articles for summaries of other talks recently given:

Gay marriage battled endangering religious voices, LDS leader says

Religious Liberty is being challenged worldwide

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LDS Church Apostle, Elder Dallin H. Oaks, addresses recent graduates on the topic of religious freedoms and liberty (full text). He says, “Religious values and political realities are so interlinked in the origin and perpetuation of this nation that we cannot lose the influence of Christianity in the public square without seriously jeopardizing our freedoms.” Summary of the talk can be found here.

Elder Oaks answers questions about his talk below.

See here for more information about the Church’s stand on selected public issues, such as the following:
Political Neutrality
Child Abuse
Abortion
Same-Gender Attraction
Embryonic Stem-cell Research
Euthanasia and Prolonging Life
Capital Punishment

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