Freedom only makes sense when it's tied to truth, says archbishop

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COLCHESTER, Vt. (CNS) – The secretary of the Vatican’s Congregation for Catholic Education brought a message of truth and freedom to Vermont as the commencement speaker at St. Michael’s College in Colchester. In an interview before the May 19 graduation ceremonies, Archbishop J. Michael Miller told The Vermont Catholic Tribune, newspaper of the Diocese of Burlington, that truth matters, even in a world where it is often minimized. He repeated the words of Jesus, “the truth will set you free,” and said that “freedom only makes sense when it is tied to the truth, what is objectively hard-wired into human experience and into the world.” Freedom that is not linked to the truth is just power or license, he added. Catholic institutions, Archbishop Miller said, must help students recognize the fundamental value that the Catholic intellect brings to the world: the discourse about truth. A native of Canada, the 58-year-old archbishop was ordained a priest of the Congregation of St. Basil in 1975.
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