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The Reverend Dr. Andrew Bennett is the Faith Community Program Director at Cardus, an Ontario-based think tank devoted to reimagining institutional life for the common good. He is also an ordained deacon in the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church in the Eparchy of Toronto and Eastern Canada. Fr. Deacon Andrew served as Canada's first Ambassador for Religious Freedom and led Global Affairs Canada's Office of Religious Freedom from 2013 to 2016. He holds degrees from Dalhousie University, McGill, and the University of Edinburgh. In this conversation, Fr. Deacon Andrew and Houston Centre director Dr. Jens Zimmermann discuss Fr. Andrew's intellectual formation, the threats posed to human dignity by Canada's Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) legislation, the practical application of the truth of the imago dei, the freedom found in limits, and much more. For more information on the Houston Centre for Humanity and the Common Good, visit our website and subscribe to our newsletter: https://houstoncentre.org/

Mary Ann Glendon, Learned Hand Professor of Law, Emeritus Harvard Law School Andrew Bennett, Ukrainian Greek-Catholic deacon of the Eparchy of Toronto and Eastern Canada David Saperstein, Director Emeritus of Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism Allison Ralph, Associate Director of the Religion & Society Program at the Aspen Institute

Father Deacon Andrew Bennett, Ph.D with the Religious Freedom Institute explains how Canada’s redefining of Chaplaincy erases the origins of the service and excludes certain religious traditions. Hosted by Montse Alvarado, EWTN News In Depth welcomes guests in a discussion of current events in the Church, politics, and culture, all through the lens of the Catholic faith. This show is about finding out who we are as people and as Catholics, and how we can confidently live our faith in the world. It is produced by EWTN News: https://www.ewtnnews.com ------------- EWTN News In Depth airs on EWTN Fridays at 8pm ET. It re-airs on Saturdays at 1am ET & Sundays at 11am ET ------------ Sign up today to receive the EWTN News In Depth newsletter: https://www.ewtn.com/indepth ------------- Follow EWTN News In Depth on Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EWTNNewsInDepth Twitter: https://twitter.com/EWTNNewsInDepth Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ewtnnewsindepth/ ------------- Subscribe to EWTN YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/user/EWTN ------------- You can support the EWTN News mission: https://bit.ly/3qDR1qf

Eric Patterson and Andrew Bennett discuss the religious landscape in Ukraine, and in particular the threat the ongoing Russian invasion poses to the unique national churches in Ukraine.

Lesson 1 "Is Religious Freedom a Fundamental Human Right?" with Fr. Dcn. Andrew Bennett covers the anthropological case for religious freedom. This is the first of a 5 part program that makes up the virtual session of the Statesmanship and Religious Freedom Seminar 2021. The Seminar is an annual program for college students co-sponsored by the Museum of the Bible (MOTB) and the Religious Freedom Institute (RFI). To learn more about the Statesmanship and Religious Freedom Seminar, visit: https://www.religiousfreedominstitute.org/sarf-application.