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“The
human person is not only sacred, but social. We
realize our dignity and rights in relationship with others, in community… The
family has major contributions to make in addressing questions of social justice.
It is where we learn and act on our values… We also have the right and
responsibility to participate in and contribute to the broader communities in
society… A central test of political, legal and economic institutions is what
they do to people, what they do for people and how people participate in them.”
US
Catholic Bishops “A Century of Social Teaching” National
Center for Children in Poverty http://www.nccp.org/ The
National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP)
is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research and policy organization at Columbia University. Our mission is to identify and
promote strategies that prevent child poverty in the United States and that improve the lives of
low-income children and families. | 
