The Church’s understanding of human rights is rooted in the fact that we are made in the image of God.
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Freedom Quotes from the Catholic Church
“When human beings set themselves against God, they…do not become free, but alienated from themselves.”
Quotes about Truth from the Church
“[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.”
All, The Common Good, The Family and Marriage
Perhaps the most potentially debilitating addiction is to pornography because it "represents a serious threat to society as a whole." (Pope St. John Paul II, 2)
All, Human Dignity, What is CST?
Christian humanism is acknowledging our God-given dignity and our purpose to serve Him through our fellow man.
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.
