VATICAN CITY, NOV 16, 1999 (VIS) - Made public today was a message from the Pope to participants in the 43rd Social Week of Italian Catholics, being held in Naples from November 16 to 20. The theme of the encounter is "Civil society in the Italy of tomorrow."
In the message, dated November 10, the Holy Father writes: "Wherever the State recognizes the existence of those cultural and associative resources, distinct from the political and economic fields, resources that possess an innovative organizational capacity that aims to support harmonious coexistence, then the way is open to constructive pursuit of the common good."
John Paul II emphasizes the fact that "the State must create the conditions favorable for the free exercise of economic activity (and that) a community of a higher order should not interfere in the internal life of a community of a lower order, depriving the latter of its functions, but rather should support it in case of need and help it to coordinate its activity with the activities of the rest of society."
Making reference to the family, the Pope underlines that it "is the heart of society. ... Founded on matrimony, it represents stable continuity, a sanctuary of love and life, the essential cell of the social organism. It is on the 'health' of the family that the health of society depends."
The Holy Father concludes: "The future of society rests above all on the young. It is in the education of young generations that the religious experience of the Italian nation can boast a creative brilliance in its scholastic institutions, in large measure intended for those who are less well off. This merits respect and support through juridical and economic parity between state and non state schools."
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