Socialism disposes of the right to private property and hands over the production of goods to the state.

Socialism disposes of the right to private property and hands over the production of goods to the state.

Solidarity is not “a feeling of vague compassion or shallow distress at the misfortunes of others.” (Pope St. John Paul II, 38)

The answer is solidarity and subsidiarity, those two lynchpins of Catholic Social Thought.

Throughout those millennia the Christian response has remained the same.

We must be aware that “[a]s we proclaim the truth in love, it is not possible for us to avoid all criticism; nor is it possible to please everyone.”