Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani of Lima, Peru, has warned against a proliferation of supposed human rights that are "invented" by international organizations.In his weekly radio address, Cardinal Cipriani observed that genuine human rights are "based on natural law, a law that is etched on men's hearts."
These rights, he added, are not created by a mandate from the UN or any other human organization.
The cardinal went on to put his listeners on guard against political organizations that push for recognition of new forms of "human rights," including alleged rights to abortion or to define one's own gender preference.
Citing the speech delivered by Pope Benedict XVI during his visit to the UN in April, the Peruvian cardinal emphasized the human rights must be defended on the basis of a secure and unchanging appeal to natural law, which endures across the boundaries of times and places.
He added the observation that human rights imply corresponding human duties, and those duties, as well as the rights, should be properly understood and defined. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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