Last Saturday, Pope Francis welcomed to the Vatican leaders of the Italian pro-life movement the day before Italy’s annual pro-life day, held since 1978 on the first Sunday of February. He spoke powerfully about how “the defense of life is not carried out in only one way, or with one gesture, but it’s done in a multiplicity of actions, attentions, […]
common good
Daily Quote — from Gaudium et spes
“It grows increasingly true that the obligations of justice and love are fulfilled only if each person, contributing to the common good, according to his own abilities and the needs of others, also promotes and assists the public and private institutions dedicated to bettering the conditions of human life.” (Gaudium et spes ¶ 30.1; Second Vatican Council, December 7, 1965) […]
Daily Catholic Quote — from Gaudium et spes
“It grows increasingly true that the obligations of justice and love are fulfilled only if each person, contributing to the common good, according to his own abilities and the needs of others, also promotes and assists the public and private institutions dedicated to bettering the conditions of human life.” (Gaudium et spes ¶ 30.1; Second Vatican Council, December 7, 1965) […]
Catholic Quote of the Day — from Gaudium et spes
“It grows increasingly true that the obligations of justice and love are fulfilled only if each person, contributing to the common good, according to his own abilities and the needs of others, also promotes and assists the public and private institutions dedicated to bettering the conditions of human life.” (Gaudium et spes ¶ 30.1; Second Vatican Council, December 7, 1965) […]
Catholic Quote of the Day — from Pope Francis
Underlying the principle of the common good is respect for the human person as such, endowed with basic and inalienable rights ordered to his or her integral development. It has also to do with the overall welfare of society and the development of a variety of intermediate groups, applying the principle of subsidiarity. Outstanding among those groups is the family, […]
Daily Catholic Quote from Blessed John Paul II
“To be actively pro-life is to contribute to the renewal of society through the promotion of the common good. It is impossible to further the common good without acknowledging and defending the right to life, upon which all the other inalienable rights of individuals are founded and from which they develop.” (Blessed John Paul II, The Gospel of Life, n.101) […]