INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS
DEFENCE BY THE POPE FUNDAMENTAL VALUES (Reed. June 2, 2.50 p.m.) VATICAN CITY, June 1. The Pope, in a broadcast commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of Pope Leo XIII’s social encyclical “rerum novarum,” defended the right of the individual to be an individual and riot a mere slave or an official of the community.
Dealing with post-war problems, the Pope said that three fundamental values were the use of material goods, also labour and the family.
“Every living being has a fundamental right to make use of the earth’s material goods and it is left to the will of man and the laws of the nation to regulate the operation of this right,” added His Holiness. “Every interference by the State in the field of labour should aim to safeguard and respect personal character.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20571, 3 June 1941, Page 9
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