Sunday, December 3, 2017
Youcat commented through CCC – Question n. 370 - Part I.
(Youcat
answer) The welfare and future of a State depend on the ability of the smallest
unit within it, the family, to live and develop.
A deepening through CCC
(CCC 2209) The family must be helped and defended by appropriate
social measures. Where families cannot fulfill their responsibilities, other
social bodies have the duty of helping them and of supporting the institution
of the family. Following the principle of subsidiarity, larger communities
should take care not to usurp the family's prerogatives or interfere in its
life.
Reflecting and meditating
(Youcat comment) No State has the right to intrude on the
basic cell of society, the family, by its regulations or to question its right
to exist. No State has the right to define the family differently, for the family’s
commission comes from the Creator. No State has the right to deprive the family
of its fundamental functions, especially in the area of education. On the
contrary, every State has the duty to support families with its assistance and
to ensure that its material needs are met.
(CCC Comment)
(CCC 2210) The importance of the family for the life and
well-being of society (Cf. GS 47 § 1)
entails a particular responsibility for society to support and strengthen
marriage and the family. Civil authority should consider it a grave duty
"to acknowledge the true nature of marriage and the family, to protect and
foster them, to safeguard public morality, and promote domestic
prosperity" (GS 52 § 2).
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