Social justice is what results when “associations or individuals…obtain what is their due, according to their nature and their vocation.”
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The Government Must Defend a Culture of Family
The Church teaches that a government must protect the family. But the Church is also very clear on the State’s limits.
Top Magisterial Quotes about Family
Here is a list of family quotes, both long and short, from the Magisterium of the Church that never fail to inspire and encourage us.
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In 1999 Pope St. John Paul II identified the need for the international community to actively intervene in human conflicts, despite the fact that issues of sovereignty might be involved.
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Pope St. John Paul II identifies the role of the state as regards economic activity. Well, the State must guarantee individual freedom, guarantee private property rights, ensure a stable currency, ensure efficient services are provided...
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The sole reason for the existence of governments is to promote the Common Good.
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“Authentic human development concerns the whole of the person in every single dimension”. (Pope Benedict XVI)
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While there are individuals and organizations devoted to the care of our physical environment and others devoted to the more important human environment, the Church has made clear: “Our duties towards the environment are linked to our duties towards the human person”.
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Capitalism has proven to be the greatest poverty relief program the world has ever known, but Pope Francis echoes that there this is no reason for free market triumphalism as “It is a well-known fact that…millions of people are still suffering and dying of starvation” while our culture deadens us to the problem.