At Vatican, Pompeo urges alliance for religious freedom
U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo on Wednesday criticized governments that wield absolute power as threats to religious freedom, as he scrambled to contain a political crisis back home.into President Trump, Pompeo went to the Vatican to urge it and other nations to join the Trump administration in an alliance to promote global religious freedom.
He told a conference on human dignity and faith that when governments hold all the power, religion is a threat.“When the state rules absolutely, moral norms are crushed completely. When the state rules absolutely, it demands its citizens worship government, not God.”He singled out China, Cuba, Iran, Myanmar and Syria in particular for repressing religious freedom.
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