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The above analysis constitutes the basis for believing that controversies around population issues between the Apostolic See and developed countries arise from different answers to the question who a man is, and from different concepts of humanity and society. The Apostolic See, as we have noticed, does not negate the existence of serious population problems connected with high natural increase. It only conseąuently demands to remember that we talk about a human person, a being of great dignity and not about impersonal numbers presenting unspecified population (according to a statement of a certain person from Asia: Women have children and not a population). A human person in a Christian anthropology is a creature with a body and soul, having a central place among other creatures and of eternal destination. Christian belief in the dignity of human person, resulting from faith in the creation of human being and likeness to God as well as from his salvation by Jesus Christ, was rationalized in the teaching of St. Thomas on human person. The dignity of human person is based on the fact that this person is endowed with mind and free will. According to the above mentioned assumptions about the dignity of human person: (1) it is contradictory - in John Paul ITs opinion - to introduce any activities that discriminate a human person on the basis of age, sex, religion or nationality. Human dignity and value is unconditioned and inalienable. (2) Human life from conception to natural death is sacred. It is inadmissible to carry out any programs which even for higher reasons allow for abortion or euthanasia. (3) Human rights are inborn and transcendent in relation to any legal order (constitutional). Neither international rights nor national ones may be in contradiction to basic human rights. (4) The basic unity of human species requires everyone to have access to the process of building a community, which is free from injustice and dishonesty and which protects common good. We cannot tolerate dishonesty and injustice in relations between poor and rich countries. And we cannot tolerate the situation when poor countries are forced to implement population control programs because of fears to violate the population balance between developed and developingcountries.
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Changes in Polish system at the beginning of 90's brought about decline in real incomes and increase of unemployment. Simultaneously the state reduced its presence on a social field. There was a decentralization in scope of social policy. In practice it turned on that self-governments were not able to fulfill the induced duties. Thus it led in many cases to limiting services in social sphere. Within next years of economic development in Poland we may again observe the increase of people living in households (sińce 1997) whose level of expenses lower than accepted poverty line. It happened together with an average improvement of financial situation of society in generał, together with the increase of real level of incomes and expenses. We observe now an increase in stratification of society and aprocess of spacious marginalization. It is manifested by moving of individuals or whole families from better to worse district because of inability to pay rent. Another phenomenon is also connected with this process so-called "ghettos" which are poor districts in smali towns where due to closing up some factories or work places too poor citizens are not able to leave their homes (high ticket prices, inability to look for a job outside the place of living, too far to get to work). This phenomenon cause an increase of different social pathologies, reduction of contacts with the rest of society, separation from social life. Poverty in Poland is mainly related to the lack of education, Iow aualifications, not having a job or Iow income. Poverty touches most severely the unemployed and their families, families with many children, single mothers with children, the old, immigrants and people belonging to so-called social pathology groups.
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