Safeguarding the Human Being,Created as Man and Woman

The Pontifical Council for the Laity – Women’s Section has just published online the booklet, “Safeguarding the human being, created as man and woman,” the result of a consultation made to a wide group of women who lend their collaboration to the dicastery.  The group was invited to reread Pope John Paul II’s Letter to Women, written in 1995, and to comment on it in light of today’s challenges.  They were also asked to evaluate the cultural and social consequences of the United Nations 4^th World Conference on Women held in Beijing in 1995.  The publication presents a synthesis of the contributions which were received by the Pontifical Council for the Laity – Women’s Section.

You are invited to read the results of the study that is intended to be small contribution to the important task of education for the safeguarding of the humanum, created by God as male and female.

It was my joy and privilege to be invited to contribute to this study.  Many thanks to Cardinal Stanislaw Rylko, President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity, for the gracious invitation.  Deo gratias. 

Please visit the website of the Pontifical Council for the Laity:

http://www.laici.va/content/laici/en/sezioni/donna/salvaguardar-al-ser-humano--creado-varon-y-mujer.html

The publication may also be accessed at:

http://www.laici.va/content/dam/laici/documenti/donna/Saveguarding/safeguarding-the-human-being-created-as-man-and-woman.pdf