March 26

Family ties were once more simple than they are now. Huge contributions can be made to the health of millions of families by wise public policies. Family-friendly economic policies are adopted more far ahead in certain nations, particularly Western Europe, than in the United States, and such nations guarantee necessary resources to struggling families. Any compassionate society views among the highest priorities on its policy agenda the health of family life. Subsidiarity has an original Latin meaning as assistance. Subsidiarity as a term was coined by Pope Pius XI. Proper division of labor among human institutions is what Pius XI's message is about.