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The Ecclesiastical Magisterium

Canon 595

1. The Church, to whom Christ the Lord entrusted the deposit of

faith so that, assisted by the Holy Spirit, it might reverently

safeguard revealed truth, more closely examine it and faithfully

proclaim and expound it, has the innate duty and right to preach

the gospel to all nations, independent of any human power whatever. 2. To the Church belongs the right always and everywhere

to announce moral principles, including those pertaining to the

social order, and to make judgments on any human affairs to the

extent that they are required by the fundamental rights of the

human person or the salvation of souls.