The Church’s understanding of human rights is rooted in the fact that we are made in the image of God.

The Church’s understanding of human rights is rooted in the fact that we are made in the image of God.
“[O]nly the freedom which submits to the Truth leads the human person to his true good. The good of the person is to be in the Truth and to do the Truth.”
“Justice is the primary way of charity”. (Pope Benedict XVI, 60)