Ross Douthat on "Catholic Freedom and Secular Power"

Yesterday afternoon, as part of the annual Notre Dame Forum (this year, the theme is religious freedom in the context of the 50th anniversary of Dignitatis humanae), New York Times columnist Ross Douthat gave what I thought was an outstanding lecture, to a packed hall, on "Catholic Freedom and Secular Power".  (I say "outstanding" not only because Mr. Douthat's opinions so nicely matched my own on these topics!).   He talked about Murray and Maritain, Blanshard and Bismarck, the freedom of the church and pluralism . . . great stuff.  Here's a story about the talk, which captures well a number of the highlights, from the student paper, The Observer.