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Catholic Social Teaching

• LIFE AND DIGNITY OF THE HUMAN PERSON
• CALL TO FAMILY, COMMUNITY, AND PARTICIPATION
• RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
• OPTION FOR THE POOR AND VULNERABLE
• THE DIGNITY OF WORK
• SOLIDARITY
• CARE FOR GOD'S CREATION

Rights and Responsibilities

The Catholic tradition teaches that human dignity can be protected and a healthy community can be achieved only if human rights are protected and responsibilities are met. Therefore, every person has a fundamental right to life and a right to those things required for human decency. Corresponding to these rights are duties and responsibilities to one another, to our families, and to the larger society.