” ” ” “"Do we recognize that the innate dignity of every individual rests on his or her deepest identity as image of the Creator and therefore that human rights are universal, based on the natural law, and not something dependent upon negotiation or patronage, let alone compromise?": this was the question posed by Benedict XVI to the young. He invited them "to reflect on what place the poor and the elderly, immigrants and the voiceless, have in our societies. How can it be that domestic violence torments so many mothers and children? How can it be that the most wondrous and sacred human space, the womb, has become a place of unutterable violence?". "My dear friends the Pope continued God’s creation is one and it is good. The concerns for non-violence, sustainable development, justice and peace, and care for the environment are of vital importance for humanity. They cannot, however, be understood apart from a profound reflection upon the innate dignity of every human life from conception to natural death: a dignity conferred by God himself and thus inviolable". ” “
