depends upon the men: policy makers, indeed, but also of those interested, both faiths’ representatives and academics – mea culpa –. Santiago de Chile, October 26th, 2013: Discussion Panel for Conscience Freedom during the “Atrio de Santiago”. Discussion between believers and not believers, in the exCongreso Nacional. The discussion panel was presented with a thematic introduction, proposition of questions, and moderated by myself. The panellists presented a broad range of worldviews on freedom of conscience: The Head of the Great Masonic Lodge of Chile, an evangelic member of the Latin-American Teleologic Brotherhood and an academic of the University Complutense of Madrid. They all defended, with nuances of its limits, the freedom of conscience and the right to drive one’s own life according to one’s beliefs, especially in cases of conflict between the faith and the law. There was people from all the races, languages and nations, Islamic and Jewish representatives, and the Catholic Church’s highest positions off the country. Civil and military authorities, politicians and academics were also in the discussion panel. After the fructiferous panel and the replies by the public, the session finished with music of a choir and the subscription by signature of all the faith’s representatives on the Declaration of Freedom of Conscience, which is attached to this document. It was an important milestone for Chile’s history. There was not any comment on the text, nor reservations. The representatives of the Christian Churches – Bishops – endorsed with their signature the Santiago Declaration on Freedom of Conscience. They made it once again, in the place where the laws are discussed and approved, which main reason of existence is delivering citizens with their guarantees and basic security for the full and complete enjoyment of their fundamental rights, being this the one of freedom of conscience and faith the origin of all the other freedoms. The echoes keep resonating in the Atrio de Santiago and they are crossing borders. The freedom of conscience and faith, once again, reunited the majorities and minorities for its defence. Brazil, 2009: The Chamber of Deputies approved the General Law of Religions, which broadens the rights of Evangelicals. It recognises the freedom of confession and faith, it grants exceptions of taxes for the construction of churches, and which allows them to freely demonstrate their faith in public spaces, among other rights. The Evangelical policy makers reached an agreement with the Catholics for the adoption of such law, in exchange for the support of the Chamber’s support for the Concordat established last year between President Lula and the Pope Benedict XVI in the Vatican. This General Law of Freedom of Faith does not only benefit the Evangelicals, but also all the other recognised faiths, such as the Jewish and Islam. Both the so-called Estatuto de la Iglesia Católica and the General Law of Religions were approved late on Wednesday night by a symbolic vote, this is to say, by an agreement between the spokesmen of each political party. During 2013, many bills on freedom of faith are being discussed in the National Congress, pushed by a multi-faith parliamentary group composed for pushing bills in defence of the freedom of conscience and freedom of faith for all groups. The parliamentary group is composed by Catholic and Protestant representatives. They report the lack of debates on issues that are worth it, many