A law is just only if it protects human life, Pope Benedict XVI said today, according to the Catholic News Service (CNS) website.
The only laws that can be considered just "are the laws that safeguard the sacredness of human life and reject the acceptance of abortion, euthanasia, and unrestrained genetic experiments and those laws that respect the dignity of marriage between one man and one woman," the Pope said on December 16, 2009 during his weekly general audience at the Vatican.
Pope Benedict also said just laws must respect the separation between church and state in a way that protects religious freedom, must allow local issues to be handled locally, and must promote solidarity with the poor "on a national and international level."
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