“[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.”
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A List of Human Rights According to the Church
The Church’s understanding of human rights is rooted in the fact that we are made in the image of God.
Human Rights Quotes from the Church
“The inalienable rights of the person must be recognized and respected by civil society and the political authority.”
All, The Family and Marriage
The Church makes clear: Christmas celebrates the incarnation of Emmanuel - God with us. And it is no accident that God chose to reveal Himself in and through the family.
All, Integral Ecology, Physical Environment
From its beginning the Church has taught God's creation is good and worthy of protection.
All, Preferential Option for the Poor, Secularism
By material and economic standards the ten poorest countries are in Africa. Conversely, the ten richest countries are mostly in Europe. But this isn't the whole story.
All, Preferential Option for the Poor
Poverty is not just material. It is also moral and spiritual. Poverty is an affront to human dignity, and so the Church has always taught a preferential option for the poor.
All, The Family and Marriage
"Marriage…transcends the feelings and momentary needs of the couple…it is not born 'of loving sentiment, but from the depth of the obligation'" (Pope Francis)
All, Human Environment, Integral Ecology, Physical Environment
When the Church speaks of ecology, she is referencing the relationship between us and our physical environment and our human environment.
