The theme for Human Rights Day December 10, 2012 is: Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Part 1, Chapter 3, IV of the Compendium on the Social Doctrine of the Church focuses on Human Rights.
“The Church’s Magisterium”, states the Compendium, “has not failed to note the positive value of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the United Nations on December 10, 1948, which Blessed John Paul II defined as ‘a true milestone on the path of humanity’s moral progress’.
