“Justice is the primary way of charity”. (Pope Benedict XVI, 60)
Solidarity Articles
Helping the Poor
“We need to broaden our perspective…We need to grow in a solidarity which ‘would allow all peoples to become the artisans of their destiny'” (Pope Francis, 190)
What is Solidarity?
Solidarity is not “a feeling of vague compassion or shallow distress at the misfortunes of others.” (Pope St. John Paul II, 38)
For the immigrant in the U.S. illegally, Catholic Social Teaching offers a clear moral framework for maintaining right relationship even amid legal limbo.…
Immigrants are obliged to respect with gratitude the material and spiritual heritage of the country that receives them.…
Fleeing violence, seeking better employment, growing up as a dreamer — these are the stories of immigrants.…
If someone entered or stayed in the United States undocumented, have they committed a serious sin?…
The love of Jesus Christ is at the heart of Catholic social teaching, and without it, the common good cannot be achieved.…
There is no greater love than laying down your life. This is the standard by which all other acts of sacrifice are judged. …
List of Articles
- 10 Questions About Catholic Social Teaching
- 10 Reasons Culture is in Crisis
- A Divided Government and the Political Divide
- Bible Quotes that Establish Catholic Social Teaching
- Cardinal Parolin's Address to CAPP, December 2021
- Cardinal Tomasi's Address to CAPP, December 2021
- Catholic Quotes about the Church's Social Teaching
- Catholic Social Teaching and Sacrifice
- Catholic Social Teaching is not Left or Right
- Catholic Social Teaching vs. Secular Social Theory
- Gratuitousness: Catholic Social Teaching’s Solution for Capitalism
- Helping the Poor
- Immigrant Rights and Duties
- Immigrant Stories
- Immigration Quotes from the Church
- Immigration Reform and Catholic Social Teaching
- Is Undocumented Immigration Sinful?
- Living Catholic Social Teaching in a Fragmented World
- Solidarity Flows From Faith
- The Gig Economy and Rerum Novarum
- The Love of Jesus
- The Practical Value of Solidarity and Subsidiarity
- Three Questions at the Heart of Magnifica Humanitas
- What is Solidarity?
- When there is No Path to Citizenship
