Red Mass homily

Archbishop Wuerl's homily from the recent "Red Mass" in Washington, D.C., is available online. (Thanks to "Whispers in the Loggia" for the link.)  Here is a nice quote:

What is religion’s place in public life? As our Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, tells us in his first encyclical letter, “Deus Caritas Est” (God Is Love): “[f]or her part, the Church, as the social expression of Christian faith, has a proper independence and is structured on the basis of her faith as a community which the State must recognize. The two spheres are distinct, yet always interrelated” (DCE 28). Politics and faith are mingled because believers are also citizens. Both Church and state are home for the same people.