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1887 The inversion of means and ends, ¹⁰ which results in giving the value of ultimate end to what is only a means for attaining it, or in viewing persons as mere means to that end, engenders unjust structures which "make Christian conduct in keeping with the commandments of the divine Law-giver difficult and almost impossible." ¹¹

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10 Cf. CA 41.

11 Pius XII, Address at Pentecost, June 1, 1941.

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