01/06/2019 - General House

 The United Nation (UN) Universal Children’s Day, which was established in 1954, is celebrated on 1^st June each year to promote international togetherness and awareness among children worldwide.

The teachings of the churchattach great importance to the child and his/her basic rights. Paragraph 244 of the Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church calls for the protection of the dignity of the child:

In the Family, which is a community of persons, special attention must be devoted to the children by developing a profound esteem for their personal dignity, and a great respect and generous concern for their rights. This is true for every child, but it becomes all the more urgent the smaller the child is and the more they are in need of everything, when they are sick, suffering or handicapped.

The Catholic Church also stipulates that: The rights of children must be legally protected within juridical systems. In the first place, it is necessary that the social value of childhood be publicly recognised in all countries. No country on earth, no political system can think of its own future otherwise than through the image of these new generations. 

 According to Pope Francis, children are the greatest blessing God has bestowed upon men and women.

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