Cardinal Gerhard Mueller listens in the audience during the presentation of the new book "Christvs Vincit," by Bishop Athanasius Schneider, in Rome on Oct. 14, 2019.

Daniel Ibanez
Cardinal Gerhard Müller listens in the audience during the presentation of the new book "Christvs Vincit," by Bishop Athanasius Schneider, in Rome on Oct. 14, 2019.

While the Church teaches that human rights come from God, Cardinal Müller said, even those who do not believe in God can understand simply through their intellect that human lives are not to be used and manipulated.