Obama, whose work as a community organizer was partly funded by a Catholic social-justice group, recently laid out his plan for a new and improved faith-based initiative. It is a policy extension of the phrase he often uses – “I am my brother’s keeper” – to express his belief that members of a society are responsible for one another. And it is an idea rooted in the Catholic concept of the common good.
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Pentateuco – Genesi Gn 4,9
9 Allora il Signore disse a Caino: “Dov`è Abele, tuo fratello?”. Egli rispose: “Non lo so. Sono forse il guardiano di mio fratello?”.
