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Catechism: The Political Community and the Church
2244 Every institution is inspired, at least implicitly, by a vision of man and his destiny, from which it derives the point of reference for its judgment, its hierarchy of values, its line of conduct. Most societies have formed their institutions in the recognition of a certain preeminence of man over things. Only the divinely revealed religion has clearly recognized man’s origin and destiny in God, the Creator and Redeemer. the Church invites political authorities to measure their judgments and decisions against this inspired truth about God and man: Societies not recognizing this vision or rejecting it in the…
Catechism: Political regimes and natural law
Catechismal References to: Natural Law CCC 1901 If authority belongs to the order established by God, "the choice of the political regime and the appointment of rulers are left to the free decision of the citizens." The diversity of political regimes is morally acceptable, provided they serve the legitimate good of the communities that adopt them. Regimes whose nature is contrary to the natural law, to the public order, and to the fundamental rights of persons cannot achieve the common good of the nations on which they have been imposed. …
Catechism: Political community, the state, and the common good
Catechismal References to: Common good CCC 1910 Each human community possesses a common good which permits it to be recognized as such; it is in the political community that its most complete realization is found. It is the role of the state to defend and promote the common good of civil society, its citizens, and intermediate bodies. CCC 1927 It is the role of the state to defend and promote the common good of civil society. The common good of the whole human family calls for an organization of society on the…
Catechism: Political freedom
… community. She is both the sign and the safeguard of the transcendent character of the human person. "The Church respects and encourages the political freedom and responsibility of the citizen." …
Catechism: Political rights granted according to the requirements of the common good
Catechismal References to: Common good CCC 2237 Political authorities are obliged to respect the fundamental rights of the human person. They will dispense justice humanely by respecting the rights of everyone, especially of families and the disadvantaged. The political rights attached to citizenship can and should be granted according to the requirements of the common good. They cannot be suspended by public authorities without legitimate and proportionate reasons. Political rights are meant to be exercised for the common good of the nation and the human community. …
Catechism: Duties of political officials to immigrants
Catechismal References to: Immigrants CCC 2241 The more prosperous nations are obliged, to the extent they are able, to welcome the foreigner in search of the security and the means of livelihood which he cannot find in his country of origin. Public authorities should see to it that the natural right is respected that places a guest under the protection of those who receive him. Political authorities, for the sake of the common good for which they are responsible, may make the exercise of the right to immigrate subject to various juridical conditions, especially…
Catechism: The Church’s moral judgment in political, economic, and social matters
… the welfare of all men according to the diversity of times and circumstances." CCC 2420 The Church makes a moral judgment about economic and social matters, "when the fundamental rights of the person or the salvation of souls requires it." In the moral order she bears a mission distinct from that of political authorities: the Church is concerned with the temporal aspects of the common good because they are ordered to the sovereign Good, our ultimate end. She strives to inspire right attitudes with respect to earthly goods and in socio-economic relationships. …
Catechism: Freedom to educate children in the faith and in die political community
Catechismal References to: Education CCC 2211 The political community has a duty to honor the family, to assist it, and to ensure especially: – the freedom to establish a family, have children, and bring them up in keeping with the family’s own moral and religious convictions; – the protection of the stability of the marriage bond and the institution of the family; – the freedom to profess one’s faith, to hand it on, and raise one’s children in it, with the necessary means and institutions; – the right to private property,…
Catechism: Political community and the Church
Catechismal References to: The Church and society CCC 244 The eternal origin of the Holy Spirit is revealed in his mission in time. The Spirit is sent to the apostles and to the Church both by the Father in the name of the Son, and by the Son in person, once he had returned to the Father. The sending of the person of the Spirit after Jesus’ glorification reveals in its fullness the mystery of the Holy Trinity. CCC 245 The apostolic faith concerning the Spirit was confessed by the second…
Catechism: Abuse of civil authorities
… when they are contrary to the demands of the moral order, to the fundamental rights of persons or the teachings of the Gospel. Refusing obedience to civil authorities, when their demands are contrary to those of an upright conscience, finds its justification in the distinction between serving God and serving the political community. "Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s." "We must obey God rather than men": When citizens are under the oppression of a public authority which oversteps its competence, they should still not refuse to give or…