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Pope Benedict XVI

“The State which would provide everything, absorbing everything into itself, would ultimately become a mere bureaucracy incapable of guaranteeing the very thing which the suffering person—every person—needs: namely, loving personal concern. We do not need a State which regulates and controls everything, but a State which, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity, generously acknowledges and supports initiatives arising from the different social forces and combines spontaneity with closeness to those in need. The Church is one of those living forces.”

Pope Benedict XVI, God Is Love: Encyclical Letter of Pope Benedict XVI
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God Is Love: Encyclical Letter of Pope Benedict XVI God Is Love: Encyclical Letter of Pope Benedict XVI by pope-benedict-xvi
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