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Rights and Responsibilities. The Catholic tradition teaches that human dignity can be protected and a healthy community can be achieved only if human rights are protected and responsibil...
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Oct 17, 2017 · Rights We Have As Catholics 1. To be recognized as fundamentally equal with all other Christians. (208) 2. To be free from being forced to embrace the Catholic faith against our conscience. (748) 3. To cooperate in building up the Body of Christ and spreading the Gospel. (208, 211, 225) 4.
- Life and Dignity of the Human Person. The Catholic Church proclaims that human life is sacred and that the dignity of the human person is the foundation of a moral vision for society.
- Call to Family, Community, and Participation. The person is not only sacred but also social. How we organize our society -- in economics and politics, in law and policy -- directly affects human dignity and the capacity of individuals to grow in community.
- Rights and Responsibilities. The Catholic tradition teaches that human dignity can be protected and a healthy community can be achieved only if human rights are protected and responsibilities are met.
- Option for the Poor and Vulnerable. A basic moral test is how our most vulnerable members are faring. In a society marred by deepening divisions between rich and poor, our tradition recalls the story of the Last Judgment (Mt 25:31-46) and instructs us to put the needs of the poor and vulnerable first.
Rights and responsibilities. Rights arise from what everyone needs to live in dignity, as God intends. Rights are inseparable from our responsibility to care for others; to ensure their rights; and to not take more than is needed to fulfill our rights at the expense of others’ rights.
8. Rights & Responsibilities We all have a right to those things which are required by Human Dignity. Rights arise from what we need to live as God intended us to. These are innately linked with our responsibility to ensure the rights of others—that we do not take more than is needed to fulfill our rights at the expense of another’s.
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RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES. In a world where some speak mostly of “rights” and others mostly of “responsibilities,” the Catholic tradition teaches that human dignity can be protected and a healthy community can be achieved only if human rights are protected and responsibilities are met.
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Apr 17, 2023 · This document includes a comprehensive list of rights and other resources (i.e., books, quotes from church documents and teachings, films, organizations, papal documents and scripture quotes). In addition, each section includes links or references for further consideration.
