And I do not need to recall to you the doctrine and practice concerning gays and lesbians, the Jeannine Gramick and Bob Nugent affair that has just happened. Nor do I need to speak to this assembly about the banning of Bishop Remi de Roo from this very Congress and the general ostracizing of married priests. This treatment also ostracizes women, marriage and family. We have a long way to go before we can claim a Church of Human Rights. They are the rights of individuals.
Individuality is the central value.
And the limit to an individual's freedom is not society, but the freedom and the rights of another individual. He or she might not be Catholic, nor even interested in religion. But it is his or her rights that are the limit to my own liberty. We are called to make sacrifices for Human Rights to preserve the rights and liberty of our neighbors, not the unity of a monarchic institution. We need to think about this deeply when we reflect on Human Rights, and in particular when we are called to act in favor of Human Rights.