Catechism index

1911 Do not live entirely isolated, having retreated into yourselves, as if you were already justified, but gather instead to seek the common good together. 25 Human interdependence is increasing and gradually spreading throughout the world. the unity of the human family, embracing people who enjoy equal natural dignity, implies a universal common good. This good calls for …
1912 Do not live entirely isolated, having retreated into yourselves, as if you were already justified, but gather instead to seek the common good together. 25 The common good is always oriented towards the progress of persons: "The order of things must be subordinate to the order of persons, and not the other way around." 30 This order …
1913 III. Responsibility and Participation "Participation" is the voluntary and generous engagement of a person in social interchange. It is necessary that all participate, each according to his position and role, in promoting the common good. This …
1914 III. Responsibility and Participation Participation is achieved first of all by taking charge of the areas for which one assumes personal responsibility: by the care taken for the education of his family, by conscientious work, and …
1915 III. Responsibility and Participation As far as possible citizens should take an active part in public life. the manner of this participation may vary from one country or culture to another. "One must pay tribute to …
1916 III. Responsibility and Participation As with any ethical obligation, the participation of all in realizing the common good calls for a continually renewed conversion of the social partners. Fraud and other subterfuges, by which some people …
1917 III. Responsibility and Participation It is incumbent on those who exercise authority to strengthen the values that inspire the confidence of the members of the group and encourage them to put themselves at the service of …
1918 IN BRIEF "There is no authority except from God, and those authorities that exist have been instituted by God" (Rom 13:1).
1919 IN BRIEF Every human community needs an authority in order to endure and develop.
1920 IN BRIEF "The political community and public authority are based on human nature and therefore . . . belong to an order established by God" (GS 74 # 3).
1921 IN BRIEF Authority is exercised legitimately if it is committed to the common good of society. To attain this it must employ morally acceptable means.
1922 IN BRIEF The diversity of political regimes is legitimate, provided they contribute to the good of the community.
1923 IN BRIEF Political authority must be exercised within the limits of the moral order and must guarantee the conditions for the exercise of freedom.
1924 IN BRIEF The common good comprises "the sum total of social conditions which allow people, either as groups or as individuals, to reach their fulfillment more fully and more easily" (GS 26 1).
1925 IN BRIEF The common good consists of three essential elements: respect for and promotion of the fundamental rights of the person; prosperity, or the development of the spiritual and temporal goods of society; the …
1926 IN BRIEF The dignity of the human person requires the pursuit of the common good. Everyone should be concerned to create and support institutions that improve the conditions of human life.
1927 IN BRIEF 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 …
1928 SOCIAL JUSTICE Society ensures social justice when it provides the conditions that allow associations or individuals to obtain what is their due, according to their nature and their vocation. Social justice is linked to …
1929 I. Respect For the Human Person Social justice can be obtained only in respecting the transcendent dignity of man. the person represents the ultimate end of society, which is ordered to him:
1930 What is at stake is the dignity of the human person, whose defense and promotion have been entrusted to us by the Creator, and to whom the men and women at every moment of history are strictly and responsibly in debt. 35 Respect for the human person entails respect for the rights that flow from his dignity as a creature. These rights are prior to society and must be recognized by it. They are …