John Paul II On Human Rights
Monday, April 11, 2005(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)
"Each human being has the right to make the gifts he has received from
God fruitful. As a result, every act which belittles man's dignity and
frustrates his potential for fulfilling himself is an act contrary to God's plan
for man and for all creation." - Pope John Paul II, Speech to
the Congress on Human Rights, July 4, 1998