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POPE BENEDICT XVI SUPPORTS THE NEED OF EMPLOYMENT OF THE PRINCIPLE OF SUBSIDIARITY
Jure Brkan
; Catholic Faculty of Theology, University of Split
Abstract
In this article the author deals with the principle of subsidiarity
that should be employed in the field of society, economy and law.
The popes, starting from Pius XI in 1931 till today, demand the
employment of the principle of subsidiarity with the aim of avoiding
the excessive centralism and bureaucracy whether in the Church
as a specific community (LG, no 8), or in the state. The idea of the
principle of subsidiarity is that the Spirit of Christ and individual
creativity exists in both some particular persons and charitable
institutions, especially in charitable activities, and also that the
higher authorities (the Church and the state). Leave freedom to the
lower-level institutions as long as they act in accordance with the
Catholic social principles, as the present pope Benedict XVI warns
us in the encyclical of 25th December, 2005, beginning with the
words “Deus caritas est”, no 26 and 28 b.
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Publication date:
21.12.2006.
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