Championing America’s First Freedom

Championing America’s First Freedom
A young Chinese worshipper prays during the Christmas Eve mass at a Catholic church in Beijing on Dec. 24, 2014. Fred Dufour/AFP/Getty Images
Callista L. Gingrich
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The right to worship freely is often called America’s first freedom. Our founding fathers understood religious freedom not as the state’s creation but as an unalienable right from God.

Callista L. Gingrich
Callista L. Gingrich
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Callista Louise Gingrich is a businesswoman, author, documentary film producer, and diplomat who served as the U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See from 2017 to 2021.
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