Archbishop John Wester of New Mexico released a statement defending ‘our Muslim neighbors’ right to worship’ and calling on local Catholics to support the building of a new mosque. In the July 27 statement, Archbishop Wester, who has a long history of pro-LGBT heterodoxy, responded to the faithful’s concerns about a proposal to build a mosque and community center in the North Valley of Albuquerque by falsely asserting that Muslims have a “God-given” right to worship freely. The archbishop also erroneously claimed that defending that so-called “right” is a “core element of Catholic teaching.” Therefore, while Muslims may have the right to worship freely, the faithful should strive to convert their Muslim brethren and never support the building of a mosque, as Wester suggests. Or is supporting the building of a mosque a “core element of Catholic teaching,” as the archbishop suggests.