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 Declaration of Human Rights, art. 1.
(49) John Paul II, Encyclical Letter Sollicitudo Rei Socialis, 301287, 39.
(50) Ibid., 39.
(51) Cf. John Paul II, Encyclical Letter Centesimus Annus, 1591, 42.
(52) Ibid., 48.
(53) Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1883.
(54) Aristotle already noted that the family is prior and superior to the State (cf. Nicomachean Ethics, Ch. VIII, No. 15-20). The Holy Father introduced the concept of the "sovereignty" of the family (cf. Gratissimam Sane, 17).
(55) Cf. Universal Declaration of Human Rights, art. 16, 1.
(56) Second Vatican Council, Decree Apostolicam Actuositatem on the Apostolate of the Laity, 11, quoted in Familiaris Consortio, 42.
(57) Cf. Universal Declaration of Human Rights, art. 16.
(58) Cf. Ibid., art. 17, 1.
(59) Cf. Ibid., art. 26, 3.
(60) Cf. Ibid., art. 26, 3.
(61) Gratissimam Sane, 16.
(63) Cf. Paul VI, Encyclical Letter Humanae Vitae, 25768, 11.
(64) In some countries, this proportion reaches one-third.
(65) Many are asking themselves about the "rights", e.g. of the UNFPA (UN Fund for Population Activities) campaigns, and of some interventions by organizations such as UNICEF with regard to the rights of the family.
(66) According to this ideology, men and women's roles in society would be merely the product of history and culture, and people are free to choose their sexual orientation, regardless of their biological sex.
(67) John Paul II, Apostolic Letter Tertio Millennio Adveniente, 101194, 28.
(68) Cf. Universal Declaration of Human Rights, art. 27, 2.
(69) Centesimus Annus, 32.
(70) Cf. Universal Declaration of Human Rights, art. 20, 1.
(71) Cf. Ibid., art. 23, 4.
(72) Cf. Ibid., art. 20, 2.
(73) Familiaris Consortio, 86.
December 10, 1948
Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world,
Whereas disregard and contempt for human rights have resulted in barbarous acts which have outraged the conscience of mankind, and the advent of a 