Luke 18, 15-17 +
CSDC and CV
CV 51c The Church has a responsibility
towards creation and she must assert this
responsibility in the public sphere. In so doing, she must defend not only
earth, water and air as gifts of creation that belong to everyone. She must
above all protect mankind from self-destruction. There is need for what might
be called a human ecology, correctly understood. The deterioration of nature is
in fact closely connected to the culture that shapes human coexistence: when
“human ecology” [124] is respected within society, environmental ecology
also benefits. Just as human virtues are interrelated, such that the
weakening of one places others at risk, so the ecological system is based on
respect for a plan that affects both the health of society and its good
relationship with nature.
Notes: [124] Ibid., 38: loc. cit., 840-841; Benedict XVI, Message
for the 2007 World Day of
Peace, 8: loc. cit., 779.
Particular attention must be given to
the issue of the work of women in the family
CDS 251 In the
relationship between the family and work, particular attention must be given to
the issue of the work of women in the family, more generally to the recognition of the so-called work of
“housekeeping”, which also involves the responsibility of men as husbands and
fathers. The work of housekeeping, starting with that of the mother, precisely
because it is a service directed and devoted to the quality of life,
constitutes a type of activity that is eminently personal and personalizing,
and that must be socially recognized and valued[567], also by means of economic
compensation in keeping with that of other types of work[568]. At the same
time, care must be taken to eliminate all the obstacles that prevent a husband
and wife from making free decisions concerning their procreative responsibilities
and, in particular, those that do not allow women to carry out their maternal
role fully[569].
Notes: [567] Cf. Pius XII, Allocution
to Women on the Dignity and Mission of Women (21 October 1945): AAS 37
(1945), 284-295; John Paul II, Encyclical Letter Laborem Exercens, 19: AAS
73 (1981), 625-629; John Paul II, Apostolic Exhortation Familiaris Consortio,
23: AAS 74 (1982), 107-109; Holy See, Charter of the Rights of the
Family, art. 10 b, Vatican Polyglot Press, Vatican City 1983, p. 14. [568]
Cf. John Paul II, Letter to Families Gratissimam Sane, 17: AAS 86
(1994), 903-906. [569] Cf. John Paul II, Encyclical Letter Laborem Exercens,
19: AAS 73 (1981), 625- 629; John Paul II, Apostolic Exhortation
Familiaris Consortio, 23: AAS 74 (1982), 107-109.
(Lk 18, 15-17) Family constitutes a community of love and
solidarity
[15] People were bringing even infants to him that he
might touch them, and when the disciples saw this, they rebuked them. [16]
Jesus, however, called the children to himself and said, "Let the children
come to me and do not prevent them; for the kingdom of God belongs to such as
these. [17] Amen, I say to you, whoever does not accept the kingdom of God like
a child will not enter it."
CDS 238 In the work of
education, the family forms man in the fullness of his personal dignity
according to all his dimensions, including the social dimension. The family, in
fact, constitutes “a community of love and solidarity, which is uniquely suited
to teach and transmit cultural, ethical, social, spiritual and religious
values, essential for the development and well-being of its own members and of
society”[539]. By exercising its mission to educate, the family contributes to
the common good and constitutes the first school of social virtue, which all
societies need[540]. In the family, persons are helped to grow in freedom and
responsibility, indispensable prerequisites for any function in society. With
education, certain fundamental values are communicated and assimilated[541].
Notes:
[539] Holy See, Charter of the Rights of
the Family, Preamble, E, Vatican Polyglot Press, Vatican City 1983, p. 6. [540]
Cf. Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Declaration Gravissimum Educationis,
3: AAS 58 (1966), 731-732; Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Pastoral
Constitution Gaudium et Spes, 52: AAS 58 (1966), 1073-1074; John
Paul II, Apostolic Exhortation Familiaris Consortio, 37, 43: AAS 74
(1982), 127-129; Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1653, 2228. [541] Cf.
John Paul II, Apostolic Exhortation Familiaris Consortio, 43: AAS 74
(1982), 134-135.
[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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