DECLARATION ON RELIGIOUS LIBERTY - DIGNITATIS HUMANAE  
Prepared by: Rev. Fr. Jerome M. Millan                        .

1.   Every  human person has a right to religious freedom 

·     Everyone should be immune from coercion on the part of the individuals, social groups and every human power so that, within due limits nobody is force to act  against his convictions nor is anyone to be restrained from acting in accordance with his convictions in religious matter in private or in public, alone or in association with others. 

2.   Every religious community has the right to immu7nity so that they may organize themselves according to  their own principles. 

·     They have the right to honor the supreme Godhead with public worship, help their members to practice their religion and strengthen them with religious instruction, and promote institutions in which members may work together to organize their own lives according to their religious principles. 

·     They have the right not to be hindered by legislation or administrative action on the part of the civil authority  in the selection, training, appointment and transfer of their own ministers, in communicating with religious authorities and communities in other part of the world, in erecting  buildings for religious purposes, and  in acquisition and used of the property the need. 

·     They have the right no to be prevented from publicly teaching and bearing witness to their beliefs by the spoken or written words. 

·     They have the right not to be prevented from freely demonstrating the special value of their teaching for the organization of society and the inspiration of all human activity. 

·     They have the right to freely hold meetings or establish educational, cultural, charitable and social organizations. 

3.      Every family has the right to organize freely its own religious life in the home under the control of the parents. 

·     They have the right to decide in accordance  with their own religious beliefs the form of religious upbringing which is to be given to their children. 

·     The parents have the right to chose with genuine freedom schools or other means of education.

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