{"id":51847,"date":"2025-07-17T23:20:28","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T23:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=51847"},"modified":"2025-07-17T23:20:28","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T23:20:28","slug":"bishop-barron-at-religious-liberty-hearing-warns-of-dictatorship-of-relativism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/bishop-barron-at-religious-liberty-hearing-warns-of-dictatorship-of-relativism\/","title":{"rendered":"\u4fe1\u6559\u306e\u81ea\u7531\u306b\u95a2\u3059\u308b\u516c\u8074\u4f1a\u3067\u3001\u30d0\u30ed\u30f3\u53f8\u6559\u304c\u300c\u76f8\u5bfe\u4e3b\u7fa9\u306e\u72ec\u88c1\u300d\u306b\u8b66\u9418\u3092\u9cf4\u3089\u3059"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Bishop Robert Barron of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota. \/ Credit: \u201cEWTN News Nightly\u201d\/Screenshot Washington D.C., Jun 17, 2025 \/ 17:56 pm (CNA). During the first hearing of President Donald Trump\u2019s Religious Liberty Commission, Bishop Robert Barron echoed Pope Benedict XVI\u2019s warning against the \u201cdictatorship of relativism\u201d encroaching on American society. Barron, bishop of the Diocese of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota, said at the June 16 hearing that \u201creligion is being attacked in our society\u201d and referenced a homily given by then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger in\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bishop Robert Barron of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota. \/ Credit: \u201cEWTN News Nightly\u201d\/Screenshot Washington D.C., Jun 17, 2025 \/ 17:56 pm (CNA). During the first hearing of President Donald Trump\u2019s Religious Liberty Commission, Bishop Robert Barron echoed Pope Benedict XVI\u2019s warning against the \u201cdictatorship of relativism\u201d encroaching on American society. Barron, bishop of the Diocese of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota, said at the June 16 hearing that \u201creligion is being attacked in our society\u201d and referenced a homily given by then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger in\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":57352,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-51847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":54940,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/bishop-barron-urges-court-to-strike-down-washington-law-that-targets-seal-of-confession\/","url_meta":{"origin":51847,"position":0},"title":"Bishop Barron urges court to strike down Washington law that targets seal of confession","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"3\u6708 1, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Bishop Robert Barron is the founder of Word on Fire, a media apostolate focused on evangelization. \/ Credit: Word on Fire CNA Newsroom, Jul 4, 2025 \/ 15:29 pm (CNA). 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