The goal of the apostolic involvement of secular Catholics
in politics is to serve people and the society. The most visible
aspect is the Pope’s care for respect of human dignity. Humans
are personal beings with awareness and freedom. Thus, they are
the center and the peak of everything that exists on our planet
(see KDK 40). Such dignity is proved by the similarity to God
initiated in the act of creation and completed through affiliation
in Christ. The dominance of humanity over the world, resulting
from personal dignity, was confirmed by the positive act of God’s
creation which made the human the ruler of the planet.
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