beneficial and salutary protection.
78. "The future of humanity passes through the family".73 For this reason, it is in the treatment that peoples give to the family through recognition of its fundamental, irreplaceable value or, on the contrary, through the various forms of neglect, hostility and harassment that hinder its mission, that the future of humanity will pass.
(1) We offer the rich contribution of commissions that worked on various topics. Due to the working method, there may be some repetitions which nonetheless enrich the reflections. Some experts from the Acton Institute also cooperated in this endeavor.
(2) The Pontifical Council had the opportunity to commemorate this event in advance when it held the Second Meeting of European Politicians and Lawmakers from October 22-24, 1998 on the theme: "Human Rights and the Rights of the Family". The conclusions of this meetings were published in L'Osservatore Romano (November 18, 1998, p. 7). The text containing the speeches delivered on that occasion have already been published in Italian (Pontifical Council for the Family, Diritti dell'uomo: Famiglia e Politica, LEV 1999), and the Spanish and French editions are being prepared. We are also planning to hold the Third Meeting of Politicians and Lawmakers of America in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from August 3-5, 1999 on the theme: "Family and Life 50 Years After the Universal Declaration of Human Rights".
(3) Cf. John XXIII, Encyclical Letter Pacem in Terris, 11463, 144.
(4) John Paul II, Message for the Celebration of the World Day of Peace 1999, 81298, 3.
(5) Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Preamble.
(6) Cf. Charter of the United Nations, Introduction.
(7) Even when the number of signers was relatively small.
(8) John Paul II, Message to H.E. Mr. Didier Opertti Badán, President of the 53rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly, 301198.
(10) Cf. John Paul II, Encyclical Letter Veritatis Splendor, 6893, 99.
(11) Cf. John Paul II, Encyclical Letter Fides et Ratio, 29998, Foreword; 102.
(12) Cf. John Paul II, Encyclical Letter Evangelium Vitae, 18.
(13) Cf. Ibid., 12.
(14) Fragment 1018-Nauck.
(15) Cf. First Alcibiades, 133c.
(16) Cf. Eudemian Ethics, 1248 to 2830.
(17) Cf. Saint Thomas Aquinas, ST, I, q. 29, a. 3; I, q. 29, a. 3, ad 2.
(18) ST, II-II, 10, 12.
(19) John Paul II, Letter to Families Gratissimam Sane, 2294, 7.
(20) Cf. Ibid., 6,7; John Paul II, Apostolic Letter Mulieris Dignitatem, 15888, 23.
(21) Gratissimam Sane, 11.
(22) Cf. Second Vatican Council, Pastoral Constitution Gaudium et Spes on the Church in the Modern World, 71265, 24.
(23) Cf. Message for the Celebration of the World Day of Peace 1999, 3.
(24) Cf. Universal Declaration of Human Rights, art. 1.
(25) Cf. Pacem in Terris, 9.
(26) Cf. Universal Declaration of Human Rights, art. 1.
(27) Ibid., art. 2.
(28) Cf. John Paul II, Letter to Women, 29695, 8.
(29) Cf. Universal Declaration of Human Rights, art. 23; cf. also Gaudium et Spes, 26.
(30) Cf. Universal Declaration of Human Rights, art. 22.
(31) John Paul II, Encyclical Letter Laborem Exercens, 14981, 10.
(32) Cf. John Paul II, Apostolic Exhortation Familiaris Consortio 23, 25; Laborem Exercens, 19; Message for the XXVIII World Day of Peace, 81294, 1995, 5, etc.
(33) Cf. Holy See, Charter of the Rights of the Family, 241183, articles 9 and 10.
(34) Cf. Ibid., art. 4.
(35) Message for the Celebration of the World Day of Peace 1999, 4.
(36) Cf. Vienna Declaration and Program of Action.
(37) Message for the Celebration of the World Day of Peace 1999, 4.
(38) Cf. Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Instruction Donum Vitae on Respect for Unborn Life and the Dignity of Procreation, 22287, I, 1.
(39) Cf. Convention on the Rights of the Child, art. 6.
(40) Message for the Celebration of the World Day of Peace 1999, 4; cf. Donum Vitae, I, 6.
(41) Donum Vitae, Introduction, 5.
(42) Cf. Convention on the Rights of the Child, art. 8.
(43) Cf. Ibid., art. 27.
(44) Cf. Ibid., art. 17 and 18.
(45) Cf. Ibid., art. 20.
(46) Cf. Ibid., art. 23.
(47) Ibid., art. 21.
(48) Cf. Universal Decl