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THE VALUE OF HUMAN RIGHTS
- 152.
- “The movement towards the identification and proclamation of human rights is one of the most significant attempts to respond effectively to the inescapable demands of human dignity.”
- Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Declaration Dignitatis Humanae, 1: AAS 58 (1966), 929-930.
- Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Pastoral Constitution Gaudium et Spes, 41: AAS 58 (1966), 1059-1060.
- Congregation for Catholic Education, Guidelines for the Study and Teaching of the Church's Social Doctrine in the Formation of Priests, 32, Vatican Polyglot Press, Rome 1988, pp. 36-37.
- John Paul II, Address to the 34th General Assembly of the United Nations (2 October 1979), 7: AAS 71 (1979), 1147-1148.
- John Paul II, Address to the Fiftieth General Assembly of the United Nations (5 October 1995), 2: L'Osservatore Romano, English edition, 11 October 1995, p. 8.
- 153.
- “In fact, the roots of human rights are to be found in the dignity that belongs to each human being.”
- “The ultimate source of human rights is not found in the mere will of human beings, in the reality of the State, in public powers, but in man himself and in God his Creator.”
- John XXIII, Encyclical Letter Pacem in Terris: AAS 55 (1963), 278-279.
- John XXIII, Encyclical Letter Pacem in Terris: AAS 55 (1963), 259.
- John Paul II, Message for the 1999 World Day of Peace, 3: AAS 91 (1999), 379.
- Paul VI, Message to the International Conference on Human Rights, Teheran (15 April 1968): L'Osservatore Romano, English edition, 2 May 1968, p. 4.
- John Paul II, Message for the 1999 World Day of Peace, 3: AAS 91 (1999), 379.
- 154.
- “Human rights are to be defended not only individually but also as a whole: protecting them only partially would imply a kind of failure to recognize them.”
THE SPECIFICATION OF RIGHTS
- 155.
- “The teachings of Pope John XXIII, the Second Vatican Council, and Pope Paul VI have given abundant indication of the concept of human rights as articulated by the Magisterium.”
- John XXIII, Encyclical Letter Pacem in Terris: AAS 55 (1963), 259-264.
- Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Pastoral Constitution Gaudium et Spes, 26: AAS 58 (1966), 1046-1047.
- Paul VI, Address to the General Assembly of the United Nations (4 October 1965), 6: AAS 57 (1965), 883-884.
- Paul VI, Message to the Bishops Gathered for the Synod (26 October 1974): AAS 66 (1974), 631-639.
- John Paul II, Encyclical Letter Centesimus Annus, 47: AAS 83 (1991), 851-852.
- John Paul II, Address to the 34th General Assembly of the United Nations (2 October 1979), 13: AAS 71 (1979) 1152-1153.
- “The first right presented in this list is the right to life, from conception to its natural end.”
- John Paul II, Encyclical Letter Evangelium Vitae, 2: AAS 87 (1995), 402.
- Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Pastoral Constitution Gaudium et Spes, 27: AAS 58 (1966), 1047-1048.
- John Paul II, Encyclical Letter Veritatis Splendor, 80: AAS 85 (1993), 1197-1198.
- John Paul II, Encyclical Letter Evangelium Vitae, 7-28: AAS 87 (1995), 408-433.
- Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Declaration Dignitatis Humanae, 2: AAS 58 (1966), 930-931.
- John Paul II, Encyclical Letter Redemptor Hominis, 17: AAS 71 (1979), 300.
RIGHTS AND DUTIES
- 156.
- “Inextricably connected to the topic of rights is the issue of the duties falling to men and women.”
RIGHTS OF PEOPLES AND NATIONS
- 157.
- “The field of human rights has expanded to include the rights of peoples and nations.”
- John Paul II, Encyclical Letter Sollicitudo Rei Socialis, 33: AAS 80 (1988), 557-559.
- John Paul II, Encyclical Letter Centesimus Annus, 21: AAS 83 (1991), 818-819.
- John Paul II, Letter on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the outbreak of the Second World War, 8: L'Osservatore Romano, English edition, 4 September 1989, p. 2.
- John Paul II, Address to the Diplomatic Corps (9 January 1988), 7-8: L'Osservatore Romano, English edition, 25 January 1988, p. 7.
- John Paul II, Address to the Fiftieth General Assembly of the United Nations (5 October 1995), 8: L'Osservatore Romano, English edition, 11 October 1995, p. 9.
FILLING IN THE GAP BETWEEN THE LETTER AND THE SPIRIT
- 158.
- “The solemn proclamation of human rights is contradicted by a painful reality of violations.”
- “Unfortunately, there is a gap between the ‘letter’ and the ‘spirit’ of human rights.”
- 159.
- “The Church, aware that her essentially religious mission includes the defence and promotion of human rights.”
- John Paul II, Encyclical Letter Centesimus Annus, 54: AAS 83 (1991), 859-860.
- Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Pastoral Constitution Gaudium et Spes, 41: AAS 58 (1966), 1060.
- John Paul II, Address to Officials and Advocates of the Tribunal of the Roman Rota (17 February 1979), 4: Insegnamenti di Giovanni Paolo II, II, 1 (1979), 413-414.
- Code of Canon Law, canons 208-223.
- “This pastoral commitment develops in a twofold direction: in the proclamation of the Christian foundations of human rights and in the denunciation of the violations of these rights.”
- Pontifical Commission “Iustitia et Pax”, The Church and Human Rights, 70-90, Vatican City 1975, pp. 45-54.
- John Paul II, Encyclical Letter Sollecitudo Rei Socialis, 41: AAS 80 (1988), 572.
- Paul VI, Motu Proprio Iustitiam et Pacem (10 December 1976): L'Osservatore Romano, 23 December 1976, p. 10.
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