#  DC’s Catholic archbishop: People ask me why religion matters today. I tell them we’d be a mess without it. - The Washington Post 

 





June 24, 2016

 

 

> A number of years ago I was invited to speak at a conference at Harvard University. At the conclusion of my presentation an attendee asked: “What do you people think you bring to our society?”The reference to “you people” was to the front row of the audience, which was made up of representatives of a variety of religious traditions, all of whom were in their appropriate identifiable robes.

Source: *[DC’s Catholic archbishop: People ask me why religion matters today. I tell them we’d be a mess without it. - The Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2016/06/23/dcs-catholic-archbishop-people-ask-me-why-religion-matters-today-i-tell-them-wed-be-a-mess-without-it/)*



 

 

 



 

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