By fostering and exercising a tender and strong concern for every child that comes into this world, the Church fulfills a fundamental mission: for she is called upon to reveal and put forward anew in history the example and the commandment of Christ the Lord, who placed the child at the heart of the Kingdom of God: "Let the children come to me, and do not hinder them; for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven."[ 75]
Ecclesia, quae flagitat exercetque curam et teneram et strenuam cuiusque infantis, in lucem editi, principale quoddam officium suum adimplet; etenim destinatur illa ad demonstrandum iterandumque in historia exemplum et mandatum Christi Domini, qui parvulum statuere voluit in Regni Dei veluti centro: « Sinite pueros venire ad me ... ; talium estenim regnum Dei» (75).vatican.va vatican.va