Luke 13, 31-35
+ CSDC and CV
CV 44c.
Against such policies, there is a need to defend the primary competence of the
family in the area of sexuality [111], as opposed to
the State and its restrictive policies, and to ensure that parents are suitably
prepared to undertake their responsibilities. Morally responsible openness
to life represents a rich social and economic resource. Populous nations
have been able to emerge from poverty thanks not least to the size of their
population and the talents of their people. On the other hand, formerly
prosperous nations are presently passing through a phase of uncertainty and in
some cases decline, precisely because of their falling birth rates; this has
become a crucial problem for highly affluent societies. The decline in births,
falling at times beneath the so-called “replacement level”, also puts a strain
on social welfare systems, increases their cost, eats into savings and hence
the financial resources needed for investment, reduces the availability of
qualified labourers, and narrows the “brain pool” upon which nations can draw
for their needs.
Notes: [111] Cf.
ibid., 37: loc. cit., 275-276.
The desire to be a mother
or a father does not justify any “right to children”
CSDC 235a. The desire to be a mother or a father does not
justify any “right to children”, whereas the rights of the unborn child are
evident. The unborn child must be guaranteed the best possible conditions of
existence through the stability of a family founded on marriage, through the
complementarities of the two persons, father and mother[530]. The rapid development of
research and its technological application in the area of reproduction poses
new and delicate questions that involve society and the norms that regulate
human social life. It must be repeated that the ethical unacceptability of all
reproductive techniques — such as the donation of sperm or ova, surrogate
motherhood, heterologous artificial fertilization — that make use of the uterus
of another woman or of gametes of persons other than the married couple, injuring
the right of the child to be born of one father and one mother who are father
and mother both from a biological and from a legal point of view.
Notes: [530] Cf. Catechism
of the Catholic Church, 2378.
(Lk 13, 31-35) How many times I yearned to gather your
children together
31 At that time some Pharisees came to
him and said, "Go away, leave this area because Herod wants to kill
you." 32 He replied, "Go and tell that fox, 'Behold, I cast out
demons and I perform healings today and tomorrow, and on the third day I
accomplish my purpose. 33 Yet I must continue on my way today, tomorrow, and
the following day, for it is impossible that a prophet should die outside of
Jerusalem.' 34 "Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone
those sent to you, how many times I yearned to gather your children together as
a hen gathers her brood under her wings, but you were unwilling! 35 Behold,
your house will be abandoned. (But) I tell you, you will not see me until (the
time comes when) you say, 'Blessed is he who comes in the name of the
Lord.'"
CSDC 414. Information
is among the principal instruments of democratic participation. Participation without an understanding of the situation of the
political community, the facts and the proposed solutions to problems is
unthinkable. It is necessary to guarantee a real pluralism in this delicate
area of social life, ensuring that there are many forms and instruments of
information and communications. It is likewise necessary to facilitate
conditions of equality in the possession and use of these instruments by means
of appropriate laws. Among the obstacles that hinder the full exercise of the
right to objectivity in information,[847] special attention must be given to
the phenomenon of the news media being controlled by just a few people or
groups. This has dangerous effects for the entire democratic system when this
phenomenon is accompanied by ever closer ties between governmental activity and
the financial and information establishments.
Notes: [847] Cf. John XXIII, Encyclical Letter Pacem in
Terris: AAS 55 (1963), 260.
[Initials and
Abbreviations.- CSDC: Pontifical Council for Justice And Peace, Compendium of the Social
Doctrine of the Church; - SDC:
Social Doctrine of the Church; - CV: Benedict
XVI, Caritas in Veritate (Charity in
truth)]
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