Can Dignitatis Humanae Be Defended? - Questions with Father #52

Update: 2025-09-27

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On this episode of Questions with Father, we address one of the most contested documents of the Second Vatican Council: Dignitatis Humanae. Fr. Paul Robinson joins us to ask the hard question: can this declaration on religious liberty be reconciled with the traditional teaching of the Church? We will explore the Society of Saint Pius X's objections to this declaration, the pre-conciliar magisterium, and the post-conciliar attempts to reinterpret this controversial document. From Fr. Bernard Lucien’s modern defense to Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger’s 1987 reply to Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, this episode critically examines religious liberty, human dignity, and the nature of truth in public life.

Abp. Lefebvre’s dubia on Religious Liberty: https://angeluspress.org/products/religious-liberty-questioned-dubia

Reply of the CDF to the dubia of Abp. Lefebvre: https://laportelatine.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/reponses_dubia.pdf

Abp. Lefebvre and the Vatican: https://angeluspress.org/products/lefebvre-vatican

Catechism of the Crisis of the Church: https://angeluspress.org/products/catechism-crisis

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