Not a partisan political effort

'Fortnight' about religious freedom, not politics, archbishop says

ATLANTA — Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore June 13 acknowledged the U.S. bishops' "fortnight for freedom" campaign has come under heavy criticism in the secular media, in the blogosphere and by some Catholics as being a partisan political effort.

But the two-week period is meant to be free of politics and will emphasize church teaching on religious freedom, the chairman of the bishops' Ad Hoc Committee on Religious Freedom said in Atlanta.