01 – LA DIGNIDAD DE LA PERSONA — Transcript

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1. 0:12Dignity, what or who grants it to us?
2. 0:17Money, fame, possessions, laws, none of
3. 0:23that. Having been born. Each person is
4. 0:28a unique and unrepeatable being who
5. 0:30must be respected in their singularity.
6. 0:33However, in practice, there are many
7. 0:36situations that threaten that respect.
8. 0:39No. Being unique and unrepeatable does
9. 1:08not mean dressing one way or speaking
10. 1:09another. Our dignity is manifested,
11. 1:14expressed, and realized through
12. 1:16intelligence, moral conscience, and
13. 1:18freedom. We can understand the world,
14. 1:23assess whether it functions properly,
15. 1:25and act accordingly. And that
16. 1:28differentiates us from any other
17. 1:29creature on the planet. We can
18. 1:32understand the world and the universe
19. 1:34and give our existence a sense of
20. 1:36direction. We have the capacity to
21. 1:40choose and act responsibly. That is why
22. 1:44we understand that dignity is a gift,
23. 1:47but also a task. It is not enough to
24. 1:50seek the recognition of our own dignity
25. 1:53, our intelligence, conscience, and
26. 1:55freedom. The responsibility arises to
27. 1:59ensure that others also achieve respect
28. 2:02for their dignity. It is a
29. 2:05responsibility towards ourselves,
30. 2:07towards others, and towards nature. The
31. 2:12fact of living in the world with other
32. 2:15people, what is called the social
33. 2:17dimension, projects us towards
34. 2:18solidarity with others. Therefore, the
35. 2:21human person must be at the center of
36. 2:24all political, economic, and social
37. 2:27decisions. The most secure and
38. 2:30effective way to achieve happiness and
39. 2:32justice is to affirm the intrinsic
40. 2:35value of every human being. The
41. 2:38individual and the social are
42. 2:40inseparable in people. So, the person
43. 2:43grows when they build solidarity and
44. 2:45diminishes when they destroy it.
45. 2:49Therefore, everything in social life
46. 2:51and political action must respond to
47. 2:54the recognition and realization of the
48. 2:56dignity of each person separately and
49. 2:59of all people as a whole. It is not
50. 3:03enough to elect a representative who
51. 3:04defends my ideas, but rather one who
52. 3:06pursues the common good. And the
53. 3:10defense of human rights plays an
54. 3:12important role in promoting human
55. 3:14dignity, as they are not granted rights
56. 3:17, but recognized ones. That is to say,
57. 3:20no one has to give them to us; we
58. 3:22possess them by the very fact of having
59. 3:24been born. At the same time, they carry
60. 3:27associated responsibilities, certain
61. 3:30duties. The recognition of human rights
62. 3:34requires first giving priority to the
63. 3:36practical and effective recognition of
64. 3:39the rights of the impoverished, who are
65. 3:41those people deprived of exercising
66. 3:44their fundamental rights in their lives
67. 3:46. The very existence of the
68. 3:49impoverished is the practical denial of
69. 3:52the dignity of the person. For the
70. 3:56Church, human dignity takes on a
71. 3:58twofold sacred character, because the
72. 4:00person was created in the image of God
73. 4:02and because God himself became a person
74. 4:05in Jesus. Rediscovering and helping
75. 4:09others rediscover the inviolable
76. 4:11dignity of every person is an essential
77. 4:14task of the Church.