“The common good requires that civil authorities maintain a careful balance between coordinating and protecting the rights of citizens, on the one hand, and promoting them, on the other.”
Pope John XXIII, Pacem in Terris, n 65
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THE POLITICAL COMMUNITY Human beings are made to live together. We cannot survive without others and can only grow and achieve our potential in relationship with others. Societies need some kind of authority to coordinate or regulate the network of relationships between individuals and groups, providing laws, institutions and procedures that foster the good of each and of all. The role of the State then, is to serve the human person by organizing and promoting the common good.
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“The common good requires that civil authorities maintain a careful balance between coordinating and protecting the rights of citizens, on the one hand, and promoting them, on the other.”
Pope John XXIII, Pacem in Terris, n 65
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