1. We are warmed by fire, not by the smoke of the fire. We are carried over the sea by a ship, not by the wake of a ship. So too, what we are is to be sought in the invisible depths of our own being, not in our outward reflection in our own acts. We must find our real selves not in the froth stirred up by the impact of our being upon the beings around us, but in our own soul which is the principle of all our acts.
MAGNIFICA HUMANITAS: What Is The Christian Understanding Of The Human Person? | Pope Leo XIV
In MAGNIFICA HUMANITAS, Pope Leo XIV's first and newest encyclical, the definition of human dignity from a Christian perspective is beautifully explained by Our Holy Father. MAGNIFICA HUMANITAS: Human Dignity "At the heart of the Christian understanding of the human...








