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Is Radical Love<\/p>\n
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We are Our Brother\u2019s Keeper<\/p>\n
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No Less Than an Encounter with God<\/p>\n
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Committed to the Common Good<\/p>\n
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Suffers for the Truth<\/p>\n
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Fundamental Among Nations<\/p>\n
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Pope St. John Paul II, 38<\/a><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Pope-Leo-XIV-grid-crop.jpg” alt=”Pope Leo XIV reminded us that solidarity is our deepest connection with others.” title_text=”Pope Leo XIV-grid crop” align_tablet=”center” align_phone=”” align_last_edited=”on|desktop” module_class=”landscape” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_padding=”||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”] Pope Leo XIV, 73<\/a><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Pope_Francis_grid-crop.jpg” alt=”Pope Francis told us that we are brothers and sisters under the care of our common Father, God Himself.” title_text=”Pope_Francis_grid-crop” align_tablet=”center” align_phone=”” align_last_edited=”on|desktop” module_class=”landscape” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_padding=”||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”] Pope Francis, 3<\/a><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.6″ width=”100%” width_tablet=”100%” width_phone=”” width_last_edited=”on|desktop” max_width=”100%” max_width_tablet=”100%” max_width_phone=”” max_width_last_edited=”on|desktop” custom_padding=”10px||10px||true|false” animation_style=”fade” animation_delay=”200ms” make_fullwidth=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_divider divider_position=”center” divider_weight=”2px” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ max_width=”50px” module_alignment=”center” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_divider][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ module_class=”mosaic_width” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ background_color=”#054368″ custom_margin=”|||||” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” animation_style=”fade” animation_duration=”750ms” animation_delay=”50ms” hover_enabled=”0″ da_disable_devices=”off|off|off” locked=”off” collapsed=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” module_id=”flowsfromdignity” admin_label=”Section” da_is_popup=”off” da_popup_slug=”flowsfromdignity” da_exit_intent=”off” da_has_close=”on” da_alt_close=”off” da_dark_close=”off” da_not_modal=”on” da_is_singular=”off” da_with_loader=”off” da_has_shadow=”on” sticky_enabled=”0″][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_5,3_5″ make_equal=”on” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” module_class=”mosaic_width” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ custom_padding=”50px||50px|” custom_padding_tablet=”50px||50px|” custom_padding_phone=”40px||40px||false|false” animation_style=”fade” animation_delay=”200ms” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ module_class=”ds-vertical-align” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Old-friends-standing-on-a-street-corner-posing-for-a-photo.jpg” alt=”Human Dignity is the foundation. Solidarity is what that dignity demands of us in relationship with others.” title_text=”Old friends standing on a street corner posing for a photo” align_tablet=”center” align_phone=”” align_last_edited=”on|desktop” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ custom_margin=”0px||0px” custom_padding=”0px||0px” global_colors_info=”{}”] [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ text_font=”||||||||” text_text_color=”#ffffff” custom_padding=”|||40px|false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”|||0px” custom_padding_phone=”|||0px” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|desktop” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Catholic social teaching begins with the dignity of the human person.<\/p>\n As early as 1891, Pope Leo XIII insisted that we must \u201crespect in every man his dignity as a person.\u201d (Rerum Novarum, 20)<\/a><\/p>\n Pope St. John XXIII later taught that individual human beings are the \u201cfoundation, the cause and the end of every social institution.\u201d (Mater et Magistra, 219)<\/a><\/p>\n Pope Leo XIV carries that same understanding of the human person forward: \u201cThe human person is not an isolated individual, but a being in relationship.\u201d (Magnifica Humanitas, 73)<\/a><\/p>\n And therefore: \u201cThe future of each individual is connected to the future of all.\u201d (Magnifica Humanitas, 73)<\/a><\/p>\n Human Dignity is the foundation. Solidarity is what that dignity demands of us in relationship with others.<\/strong><\/p>\n Learn more about Human Dignity<\/a><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ module_class=”mosaic_width” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ custom_padding=”0px||0px” animation_style=”fade” animation_duration=”750ms” hover_enabled=”0″ da_disable_devices=”off|off|off” locked=”off” collapsed=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” admin_label=”Section” da_is_popup=”off” da_exit_intent=”off” da_has_close=”on” da_alt_close=”off” da_dark_close=”off” da_not_modal=”on” da_is_singular=”off” da_with_loader=”off” da_has_shadow=”on” module_id=”thecommongood” da_popup_slug=”thecommongood” sticky_enabled=”0″][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”2″ custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” disabled_on=”off|off|off” module_class=” et_pb_row_fullwidth” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” width_tablet=”100%” width_phone=”” width_last_edited=”on|desktop” max_width_tablet=”100%” max_width_phone=”” max_width_last_edited=”on|desktop” custom_padding=”50px||50px||true|” custom_padding_tablet=”50px||50px||true|” custom_padding_phone=”40px||40px||true|false” animation_style=”fade” animation_delay=”200ms” make_fullwidth=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ module_class=”ds-vertical-align” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/A-group-of-young-people-celebrating-in-a-backyard-of-a-house.jpg” alt=”As a virtue, solidarity requires that same \u201cfirm and persevering determination\u201d to strive for the common good.” title_text=”A group of young people celebrating in a backyard of a house” align_tablet=”center” align_phone=”” align_last_edited=”on|desktop” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ custom_padding_tablet=”” custom_padding_phone=”||10px||false|false” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|desktop” global_colors_info=”{}”] [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ text_font=”||||||||” text_text_color=”#084369″ custom_padding=”||||false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”|0px||0px” custom_padding_phone=”” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|tablet” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Pope St. John Paul II tells us first what solidarity is not: \u201cA feeling of vague compassion or shallow distress at the misfortunes of others.\u201d Rather, as we saw above, solidarity is that same \u201cfirm and persevering determination to commit oneself to the common good.<\/strong>\u201d (Sollicitudo Rei Socialis, 38)<\/a><\/p>\n This commitment to a social order directed toward the good of all runs deep in Catholic social teaching.<\/p>\n Pope Leo XIV takes up that tradition directly: \u201cThe Church\u2019s social teaching emphasizes that solidarity is both a principle and a virtue.\u201d (Magnifica Humanitas, 75)<\/a><\/p>\n As a principle, it recognizes our interdependence: \u201cThe good of each person depends on the good of others.\u201d (Magnifica Humanitas, 75)<\/a><\/p>\n As a virtue, solidarity requires that same \u201cfirm and persevering determination\u201d to strive for the common good, \u201cwith particular attention to those most in need.\u201d (Magnifica Humanitas, 75)<\/a><\/p>\n Solidarity moves us from knowing we are connected to living as though we truly are.<\/strong><\/p>\n Learn more about the Common Good<\/a><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_toggle title=”Read More” icon_color=”#054368″ open_icon_color=”#054368″ module_class=”hover-btn-border read-more” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ title_text_color=”#054368″ title_level=”h3″ title_font=”|600||on|||||” title_line_height=”1.7em” body_font=”||||||||” body_text_color=”#054368″ background_color=”#ffffff” custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”|0px|20px|” custom_margin_phone=”|||0px|false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_padding_tablet=”|0px||” custom_padding_phone=”||||false|false” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” link_option_url_new_window=”on” border_width_all=”0px” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Pope Pius XI taught: \u201cSocial charity\u2026ought to be as the soul of this order.<\/strong>\u201d (Quadragesimo Anno, 88)<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cPope Francis noted solidarity is ‘a way of making history’ that creates communities and not just masses of individuals\u2026It requires a modest and shared way of life.\u201d (Magnifica Humanitas, 75)<\/a><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_toggle][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ module_class=”ds-vertical-align” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/A-woman-gives-a-young-homeless-man-food-to-eat.jpg” alt=”But interdependence alone is not solidarity. True solidarity begins when those connections become a conscious commitment to others.” title_text=”A woman gives a young homeless man food to eat” align=”center” align_tablet=”center” align_phone=”” align_last_edited=”on|desktop” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ custom_padding_tablet=”” custom_padding_phone=”||10px||false|false” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|desktop” global_colors_info=”{}”] [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ text_font=”||||||||” text_text_color=”#084369″ custom_padding=”||20px||false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”|0px||0px” custom_padding_phone=”||0px||false|false” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|tablet” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Pope St. Paul VI recognized that our growing interdependence creates moral obligations: \u201cThe reality of human solidarity brings us not only benefits but also obligations.<\/strong>\u201d (Populorum Progressio, 17)<\/a><\/p>\n Pope Leo XIV observes that modern life has intensified this reality, creating a kind of \u201cde facto solidarity.\u201d Global markets, migration, communications and technology increasingly bind people and nations together.<\/p>\n But interdependence alone is not solidarity.<\/p>\n True solidarity begins when those connections become a conscious commitment to others: \u201cWe are not merely neighbors to one another, but entrusted to each other.\u201d (Magnifica Humanitas, 74)<\/a><\/p>\n Pope Leo calls us to transform the bonds that already connect us into \u201cpaths of sharing, cooperation and mutual care.\u201d (Magnifica Humanitas, 74)<\/a><\/p>\n Being connected is a fact. Solidarity is the choice to accept responsibility for those connections.<\/strong><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ module_class=”mosaic_width” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ custom_padding=”0px||0px” animation_style=”fade” animation_duration=”750ms” hover_enabled=”0″ da_disable_devices=”off|off|off” locked=”off” collapsed=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” admin_label=”Section” da_is_popup=”off” da_exit_intent=”off” da_has_close=”on” da_alt_close=”off” da_dark_close=”off” da_not_modal=”on” da_is_singular=”off” da_with_loader=”off” da_has_shadow=”on” module_id=”radicallove” da_popup_slug=”radicallove” sticky_enabled=”0″][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_3,1_3,1_3″ use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”2″ custom_padding_last_edited=”on|desktop” disabled_on=”off|off|off” module_class=” et_pb_row_fullwidth” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” width=”100%” width_tablet=”100%” width_phone=”” width_last_edited=”on|desktop” max_width=”100%” max_width_tablet=”100%” max_width_phone=”” max_width_last_edited=”on|desktop” custom_padding=”40px||40px||false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”40px||40px||false|false” custom_padding_phone=”40px||40px||false|false” animation_style=”fade” animation_delay=”200ms” make_fullwidth=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ module_class=”ds-vertical-align” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Two-women-serve-food-to-needy-children-in-Ghana-Africa.jpg” alt=”The basis of solidarity is to love one another as Jesus loves us.” title_text=”Two women serve food to needy children in Ghana, Africa” align_tablet=”center” align_phone=”” align_last_edited=”on|desktop” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ custom_margin=”0px||0px” custom_padding=”0px||0px” global_colors_info=”{}”] [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ text_font=”||||||||” text_text_color=”#084369″ custom_padding=”||0px||false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”|0px||0px” custom_padding_phone=”” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|tablet” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n At the Last Supper Jesus said: \u201cA new commandment I give to you<\/strong>, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.\u201d (John 13:34)<\/p>\n This is a radical command.<\/strong><\/p>\n We are not merely asked to feel concern for another person. We are called to love as Christ loves.<\/p>\n Pope Francis described this as a willingness to \u201close ourselves\u201d for the sake of others. (World Day of Peace, 2014, 4)<\/a><\/p>\n Pope Benedict XVI made the demand equally stark: \u201cTruth and justice must stand above my comfort and physical well-being or else my life itself becomes a lie.\u201d (Spe Salvi, 38)<\/a><\/p>\n Solidarity can therefore require sacrifice.<\/p>\n Solidarity is love made concrete<\/strong>\u2014even when love costs us something.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_toggle title=”Read More” icon_color=”#054368″ open_icon_color=”#054368″ module_class=”hover-btn-border read-more” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ title_text_color=”#054368″ title_level=”h3″ title_font=”|600||on|||||” title_font_size=”14px” title_line_height=”1.7em” body_font=”||||||||” body_text_color=”#054368″ background_color=”#ffffff” custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”|0px|20px|” custom_margin_phone=”|||0px|false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_padding_tablet=”|0px||” custom_padding_phone=”||||false|false” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” link_option_url_new_window=”on” border_width_all=”0px” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Pope Leo XIV says it calls for \u201cthe ability to forego immediate benefits in order to create opportunities for others in the future,\u201d as well as a willingness to challenge habits and privileges when they prevent others from living with dignity. (Magnifica Humanitas, 75)<\/a><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_toggle][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ module_class=”ds-vertical-align” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Families-and-individuals-living-in-tents-on-the-US-Mexico-border.jpg” alt=”The poor are not simply problems to be solved or categories to be studied. They are brothers and sisters. Solidarity requires action.” title_text=”Families and individuals living in tents on the US-Mexico border” show_bottom_space=”off” align_tablet=”center” align_phone=”” align_last_edited=”on|desktop” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ custom_padding=”0px||0px|||” custom_padding_tablet=”0px||0px|||” custom_padding_phone=”0px||10px||false|false” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ header_font=”||||||||” header_text_color=”#054368″ header_4_font=”||||||||” header_4_text_color=”#084369″ header_4_line_height=”1.2em” custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”|||0px” custom_margin_phone=”” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_padding=”10px||||false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”20px||10px|” custom_padding_phone=”0px||||false|false” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ text_font=”||||||||” text_text_color=”#084369″ link_font=”||||||||” header_font=”||||||||” header_text_color=”#054368″ header_2_font=”||||||||” header_2_text_color=”#054368″ custom_padding=”||||false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”0px||0px|0px” custom_padding_phone=”||” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” animation_style=”fade” animation_delay=”200ms” link_option_url_new_window=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Concern for those who are vulnerable has marked modern Catholic social teaching from its beginning.<\/p>\n In Rerum Novarum, Pope Leo XIII confronted a social order in which working people had been left \u201cisolated and helpless.\u201d (Rerum Novarum, 3)<\/a><\/p>\n Pope St. Paul VI later warned that \u201cthe hungry nations of the world cry out to the peoples blessed with abundance.\u201d (Populorum Progressio, 3)<\/a><\/p>\n Pope Leo XIV states: \u201cBy her very nature the Church is in solidarity with the poor<\/strong>, the excluded, the marginalized and all those considered the outcast of society.\u201d (Dilexi Te, 111)<\/a><\/p>\n Solidarity therefore requires both personal action and concern for the conditions and structures that contribute to poverty, exclusion or marginalization.<\/p>\n Learn more about the Preferential Option for the Poor<\/a><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_toggle title=”Read More” icon_color=”#054368″ open_icon_color=”#054368″ module_class=”hover-btn-border read-more” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ title_text_color=”#054368″ title_level=”h3″ title_font=”|600||on|||||” title_font_size=”14px” title_line_height=”1.7em” body_font=”||||||||” body_text_color=”#054368″ background_color=”#ffffff” custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”|0px|20px|” custom_margin_phone=”|||0px|false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_padding_tablet=”|0px||” custom_padding_phone=”||||false|false” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” link_option_url_new_window=”on” border_width_all=”0px” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n This is not a mission reserved to a few specialists or charitable organizations. It belongs to Christian discipleship itself.<\/p>\n The poor are not simply problems to be solved or categories to be studied. They are brothers and sisters.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_toggle][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ module_class=”ds-vertical-align” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Spray-painted-22be-the-change22-words-on-a-utility-box-on-an-urban-street-cropped.jpg” alt=”Solidarity, then, is not passive. It asks us to take part in the life of our families, communities, workplaces, associations and civic institutions.” title_text=”Spray painted be the change words on a utility box on an urban street-cropped” show_bottom_space=”off” align_tablet=”center” align_phone=”” align_last_edited=”on|desktop” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ custom_padding=”0px||0px|||” custom_padding_tablet=”0px||0px|||” custom_padding_phone=”0px||10px||false|false” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ header_font=”||||||||” header_text_color=”#054368″ header_4_font=”||||||||” header_4_text_color=”#084369″ header_4_line_height=”1.2em” custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”|||0px” custom_margin_phone=”” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_padding=”10px||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ text_font=”||||||||” text_text_color=”#084369″ header_text_color=”#054368″ custom_padding=”||||false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”|0px||” custom_padding_phone=”|||0px|false|false” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|tablet” link_option_url_new_window=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Participation has long been part of the Church’s understanding of a just social order.<\/p>\n Pope St. John XXIII insisted that social institutions should encourage people to \u201ctake an active part in the ordering of their lives.\u201d (Mater et Magistra, 65)<\/a><\/p>\n Pope Leo XIV explains that this means \u201cstaying informed, engaging with others, making one\u2019s voice heard and contributing to public decisions and choices,\u201d while also \u201cassuming real responsibility so that the common good is achieved through shared decision-making.\u201d (Magnifica Humanitas, 73)<\/a><\/p>\n Solidarity, then, is not passive.<\/strong><\/p>\n It asks us to take part in the life of our families, communities, workplaces, associations and civic institutions\u2014and to accept the responsibilities that belong to us.<\/p>\n The common good is not something others create for us. Solidarity calls each of us to help build it.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ custom_padding_last_edited=”on|tablet” module_class=”mosaic_width” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ background_color=”#f2f2f2″ custom_padding=”40px||40px||true|false” custom_padding_tablet=”10px||10px|” custom_padding_phone=”” animation_style=”fade” animation_duration=”750ms” hover_enabled=”0″ da_disable_devices=”off|off|off” locked=”off” collapsed=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” admin_label=”Section” da_is_popup=”off” da_exit_intent=”off” da_has_close=”on” da_alt_close=”off” da_dark_close=”off” da_not_modal=”on” da_is_singular=”off” da_with_loader=”off” da_has_shadow=”on” module_id=”flowsfromfaith” da_popup_slug=”flowsfromfaith” sticky_enabled=”0″][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ make_equal=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ width=”100%” width_tablet=”100%” width_phone=”” width_last_edited=”on|desktop” max_width=”100%” max_width_tablet=”100%” max_width_phone=”” max_width_last_edited=”on|desktop” custom_padding=”10px||10px||false|false” animation_style=”fade” animation_delay=”200ms” make_fullwidth=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ module_class=”ds-vertical-align” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/eucharist-cropped.jpg” alt=”A priest carries the Holy Eucharist in a monstrance amid a cloud of incense and crowd of worshippers, showing that solidarity must flow from faith” align_tablet=”center” align_phone=”” align_last_edited=”on|desktop” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ custom_padding_tablet=”” custom_padding_phone=”20px||10px||false|false” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|desktop” global_colors_info=”{}”] [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ text_font=”||||||||” text_text_color=”#084369″ link_font=”||||||||” header_font=”||||||||” header_text_color=”#054368″ header_2_font=”||||||||” header_2_text_color=”#054368″ custom_padding=”|||40px|false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”0px||0px|0px” custom_padding_phone=”||” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” animation_style=”fade” animation_delay=”200ms” link_option_url_new_window=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n For Christians, solidarity is not merely a social or political ideal. It is rooted in our relationship with God.<\/p>\n Pope Benedict XVI explained: \u201cLove of neighbor\u2026consists in the very fact that, in God and with God, I love even persons whom I do not like or even know.<\/strong>\u201d <\/a> (Deus Caritas Est, 18)<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cThis can only take place on the basis of an intimate encounter with God.\u201d (Deus Caritas Est, 18)<\/a><\/p>\n And: \u201cLove of neighbor is a path that leads to the encounter with God, and\u2026closing our eyes to our neighbor also blinds us to God.\u201d (Deus Caritas Est, 16)<\/a><\/p>\n Pope Leo XIV deepens this connection: \u201cFor the Christian community, solidarity finds its source in the mystery of Christ<\/strong> and is nourished by the Eucharist.\u201d (Magnifica Humanitas, 88)<\/a><\/p>\n Baptism and Confirmation unite us in Christ \u201cso that we may become one Body and one Spirit, one heart and one soul,\u201d while the Eucharist \u201cnurtures our belonging to the Body of Christ and teaches us how to share.\u201d (Magnifica Humanitas, 88)<\/a><\/p>\n Solidarity therefore flows from faith because love of God and love of neighbor cannot ultimately be separated.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” module_class=”mosaic_width” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_padding=”20px||0px||false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”10px||10px|” custom_padding_phone=”” animation_style=”fade” animation_duration=”750ms” hover_enabled=”0″ da_disable_devices=”off|off|off” locked=”off” collapsed=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” admin_label=”Section” da_is_popup=”off” da_exit_intent=”off” da_has_close=”on” da_alt_close=”off” da_dark_close=”off” da_not_modal=”on” da_is_singular=”off” da_with_loader=”off” da_has_shadow=”on” module_id=”digitalage” da_popup_slug=”digitalage” sticky_enabled=”0″][et_pb_row column_structure=”3_5,2_5″ make_equal=”on” disabled_on=”on|on|off” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” width=”100%” width_tablet=”100%” width_phone=”” width_last_edited=”on|desktop” max_width=”100%” max_width_tablet=”100%” max_width_phone=”” max_width_last_edited=”on|desktop” custom_padding=”20px||20px||true|false” animation_style=”fade” animation_delay=”200ms” make_fullwidth=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ module_class=”ds-vertical-align” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ header_font=”||||||||” header_text_color=”#054368″ header_4_font=”||||||||” header_4_text_color=”#084369″ custom_padding=”|40px|10px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ text_font=”||||||||” text_text_color=”#084369″ header_text_color=”#054368″ custom_padding=”|40px|||false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”|0px||” custom_padding_phone=”” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|tablet” link_option_url_new_window=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Pope Leo XIV extends the principle of solidarity directly to the digital world:<\/p>\n \u201cSolidarity demands that decisions regarding data, algorithms, platforms and artificial intelligence take into account not only the immediate benefit for a few, but also the impact on all peoples and on future generations.<\/strong>\u201d (Magnifica Humanitas, 76)<\/a><\/p>\n This is not an abstract concern. Digital technologies depend on real people: \u201cTo speak of solidarity obliges us to recognize the hidden, often exploited workers, who sustain algorithmic systems.\u201d (Magnifica Humanitas, 109)<\/a><\/p>\n Technology can expand knowledge and opportunity, but it can also deepen inequality, concentrate power and leave people on the margins.<\/p>\n Pope Leo therefore asks whether new technologies \u201ctruly help individuals and peoples to become more humane and fraternal.\u201d (Magnifica Humanitas, 85)<\/a><\/p>\n That is the measure of technological progress: does it serve the dignity and good of the whole human family, or only those who control and benefit most from it?<\/strong><\/p>\n Learn more about Artificial Intelligence and Catholic Social Teaching<\/a><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ module_class=”ds-vertical-align” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/A-split-screen-showing-a-small-team-meeting-and-a-dimly-lit-server-farm.jpg” alt=”Pope Leo XIV extends the principle of solidarity directly to the digital world.” title_text=”A split screen showing a small team meeting and a dimly lit server farm” align_tablet=”center” align_phone=”” align_last_edited=”on|desktop” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ custom_margin=”||10px||false|false” custom_padding=”||||false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”” custom_padding_phone=”20px||” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|desktop” global_colors_info=”{}”] [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ text_font=”||||||||” text_text_color=”#084369″ header_text_color=”#054368″ custom_padding=”|40px|||false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”|0px||” custom_padding_phone=”” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|tablet” link_option_url_new_window=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Pope Leo XIV extends the principle of solidarity directly to the digital world:<\/p>\n \u201cSolidarity demands that decisions regarding data, algorithms, platforms and artificial intelligence take into account not only the immediate benefit for a few, but also the impact on all peoples and on future generations.<\/strong>\u201d (Magnifica Humanitas, 76)<\/a><\/p>\n This is not an abstract concern. Digital technologies depend on real people: \u201cTo speak of solidarity obliges us to recognize the hidden, often exploited workers, who sustain algorithmic systems.\u201d (Magnifica Humanitas, 109)<\/a><\/p>\n Technology can expand knowledge and opportunity, but it can also deepen inequality, concentrate power and leave people on the margins.<\/p>\n Pope Leo therefore asks whether new technologies \u201ctruly help individuals and peoples to become more humane and fraternal.\u201d (Magnifica Humanitas, 85)<\/a><\/p>\n That is the measure of technological progress: does it serve the dignity and good of the whole human family, or only those who control and benefit most from it?<\/strong><\/p>\n Learn more about Artificial Intelligence and Catholic Social Teaching<\/a><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ custom_padding_last_edited=”on|tablet” module_class=”mosaic_width” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ custom_padding=”0px||0px” custom_padding_tablet=”10px||10px|” custom_padding_phone=”” animation_style=”fade” animation_duration=”750ms” hover_enabled=”0″ da_disable_devices=”off|off|off” locked=”off” collapsed=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” admin_label=”Section” da_is_popup=”off” da_exit_intent=”off” da_has_close=”on” da_alt_close=”off” da_dark_close=”off” da_not_modal=”on” da_is_singular=”off” da_with_loader=”off” da_has_shadow=”on” module_id=”subsidiarity” da_popup_slug=”subsidiarity” sticky_enabled=”0″][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ make_equal=”on” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ width=”100%” width_tablet=”100%” width_phone=”” width_last_edited=”on|desktop” max_width=”100%” max_width_tablet=”100%” max_width_phone=”” max_width_last_edited=”on|desktop” custom_padding=”50px||50px” custom_padding_tablet=”50px||50px” custom_padding_phone=”20px||20px||false|false” animation_style=”fade” animation_delay=”200ms” make_fullwidth=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ module_class=”ds-vertical-align” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Two-men-embrace-in-a-moment-of-friendship-and-solidarity.jpg” alt=”Solidarity asks what we owe one another. Subsidiarity asks who should act\u2014and at what level.” title_text=”Two men embrace in a moment of friendship and solidarity” align_tablet=”center” align_phone=”” align_last_edited=”on|desktop” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ custom_padding_tablet=”” custom_padding_phone=”||||false|false” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|desktop” global_colors_info=”{}”] [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ text_font=”||||||||” text_text_color=”#084369″ custom_padding=”||20px|40px|false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”|0px||0px” custom_padding_phone=”” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|tablet” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Pope Leo XIV makes their relationship explicit: \u201cWhen subsidiarity is not linked to solidarity, it ends up becoming merely the protection of particular interests; when solidarity is not supported by subsidiarity, it degenerates into a form of welfare that does not foster responsibility.<\/strong>\u201d (Magnifica Humanitas, 73)<\/a><\/p>\n Pope Pius XI gave the Church the classic formulation of subsidiarity, warning that it is \u201can injustice\u201d to transfer to larger and higher bodies functions that smaller bodies can perform for themselves. (Quadragesimo Anno, 79)<\/a><\/p>\n Pope Benedict XVI later emphasized: \u201cThe principle of subsidiarity must remain closely linked to the principle of solidarity and vice versa.\u201d (Caritas in Veritate, 58)<\/a><\/p>\n Solidarity asks what we owe one another.<\/p>\n Subsidiarity asks who should act\u2014and at what level.<\/p>\n Pope Leo connects both principles to participation: \u201cSolidarity is expressed when each person, both individually and collectively, takes part in the life of the community.\u201d (Magnifica Humanitas, 73)<\/a><\/p>\n Learn more about Subsidiarity<\/a><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_toggle title=”Read More” icon_color=”#054368″ open_icon_color=”#054368″ module_class=”hover-btn-border read-more” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ title_text_color=”#054368″ title_level=”h3″ title_font=”|600||on|||||” title_line_height=”1.7em” body_font=”||||||||” body_text_color=”#054368″ background_color=”#ffffff” custom_margin=”|||40px|false|false” 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header_font=”||||||||” header_text_color=”#054368″ header_4_font=”||||||||” header_4_text_color=”#084369″ custom_padding=”|40px|10px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ text_font=”||||||||” text_text_color=”#084369″ header_text_color=”#054368″ custom_padding=”|40px|10px||false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”|0px||” custom_padding_phone=”” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|tablet” link_option_url_new_window=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Solidarity does not end with personal responsibility.<\/p>\n Pope St. Paul VI made the implications unmistakable: \u201cThe social question ties all men together, in every part of the world.<\/strong>\u201d\u00a0(Populorum Progressio, 17)<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cIn a world marked by increasingly close connections between people, communities and nations, solidarity also takes on a global dimension.\u201d (Pope Leo XIV, 76)<\/a><\/p>\n Pope St. John Paul II made the point even more broadly: \u201cPeace and prosperity, in fact, are goods which belong to the whole human race<\/strong>.\u201d (Centesimus Annus, 27)<\/a><\/p>\n And Pope Benedict XVI explained: \u201cConcern for our neighbor transcends the confines of national communities and has increasingly broadened its horizon to the whole world.\u201d (Deus Caritas Est, 30)<\/a><\/p>\n Solidarity therefore reaches from the person and the family to communities, institutions and nations.<\/p>\n The common good cannot stop at our own doorstep<\/strong>\u2014or at our national borders.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_toggle title=”Read More” open_toggle_background_color=”#f2f2f2″ closed_toggle_background_color=”#f2f2f2″ icon_color=”#054368″ open_icon_color=”#054368″ module_class=”hover-btn-border read-more” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ title_text_color=”#054368″ title_level=”h3″ title_font=”|600||on|||||” title_line_height=”1.7em” body_font=”||||||||” body_text_color=”#054368″ background_color=”#ffffff” custom_margin=”|40px|||false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”|0px|20px|” custom_margin_phone=”|||0px|false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_padding_tablet=”|0px||” custom_padding_phone=”||||false|false” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” link_option_url_new_window=”on” border_width_all=”0px” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Pope St. John XXIII recognized the expanding bonds among peoples, pointing to the \u201cmutual ties binding the men of our age one to the other.\u201d (Mater et Magistra, 66)<\/a><\/p>\n The Second Vatican Council likewise taught: \u201cIt is a very important duty of the advanced nations to help the developing nations in discharging their\u2026responsibilities.\u201d (Gaudium et Spes, 86)<\/a><\/p>\n Pope Leo XIV carries this teaching directly into our own time:<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_toggle][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ module_class=”ds-vertical-align” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/A-row-of-national-flags-at-the-United-Nations-headquarters-in-New-York-City.jpeg” alt=”Solidarity does not end with personal responsibility. It extends to nations.” title_text=”flags of the world flapping in the wind” align_tablet=”center” align_phone=”” align_last_edited=”on|desktop” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ custom_margin=”||10px||false|false” custom_padding=”||||false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”” custom_padding_phone=”20px||” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|desktop” global_colors_info=”{}”] [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ text_font=”||||||||” text_text_color=”#084369″ header_text_color=”#054368″ custom_padding=”|40px|10px||false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”|0px||” custom_padding_phone=”” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|tablet” link_option_url_new_window=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Solidarity does not end with personal responsibility.<\/p>\n Pope St. Paul VI made the implications unmistakable: \u201cThe social question ties all men together, in every part of the world.<\/strong>\u201d\u00a0(Populorum Progressio, 17)<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cIn a world marked by increasingly close connections between people, communities and nations, solidarity also takes on a global dimension.\u201d (Pope Leo XIV, 76)<\/a><\/p>\n Pope St. John Paul II made the point even more broadly: \u201cPeace and prosperity, in fact, are goods which belong to the whole human race<\/strong>.\u201d (Centesimus Annus, 27)<\/a><\/p>\n And Pope Benedict XVI explained: \u201cConcern for our neighbor transcends the confines of national communities and has increasingly broadened its horizon to the whole world.\u201d (Deus Caritas Est, 30)<\/a><\/p>\n Solidarity therefore reaches from the person and the family to communities, institutions and nations.<\/p>\n The common good cannot stop at our own doorstep<\/strong>\u2014or at our national borders.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_toggle title=”Read More” open_toggle_background_color=”#f2f2f2″ closed_toggle_background_color=”#f2f2f2″ icon_color=”#054368″ open_icon_color=”#054368″ module_class=”hover-btn-border read-more” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ title_text_color=”#054368″ title_level=”h3″ title_font=”|600||on|||||” title_line_height=”1.7em” body_font=”||||||||” body_text_color=”#054368″ background_color=”#ffffff” custom_margin=”|40px|||false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”|0px|20px|” custom_margin_phone=”|||0px|false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_padding_tablet=”|0px||” custom_padding_phone=”||||false|false” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” link_option_url_new_window=”on” border_width_all=”0px” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Pope St. John XXIII recognized the expanding bonds among peoples, pointing to the \u201cmutual ties binding the men of our age one to the other.\u201d (Mater et Magistra, 66)<\/a><\/p>\n The Second Vatican Council likewise taught: \u201cIt is a very important duty of the advanced nations to help the developing nations in discharging their\u2026responsibilities.\u201d (Gaudium et Spes, 86)<\/a><\/p>\n Pope Leo XIV carries this teaching directly into our own time:<\/p>\n 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header_4_font=”||||||||” header_4_text_color=”#084369″ header_4_line_height=”1.2em” custom_margin=”|||40px|false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”|||0px” custom_margin_phone=”” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_padding=”||10px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ text_font=”||||||||” text_text_color=”#084369″ header_text_color=”#054368″ custom_padding=”||10px|40px|false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”|0px||” custom_padding_phone=”|||0px|false|false” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|tablet” link_option_url_new_window=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n \u201cWe are not merely neighbors to one another, but entrusted to each other.\u201d<\/strong> (Pope Leo XIV, 74)<\/a><\/p>\n That means refusing indifference to what happens to others and accepting responsibility for the people and communities entrusted to us.<\/p>\n Pope St. Paul VI insisted that this responsibility reaches the conscience of each person. Authentic development requires \u201cgreat generosity, willing sacrifice and diligent effort.\u201d (Populorum Progressio, 47)<\/a><\/p>\n It also means transforming the economic, cultural and technological bonds that already connect us into \u201cpaths of sharing, cooperation and mutual care.\u201d (Pope Leo XIV, 74)<\/a><\/p>\n For Christians, solidarity is therefore not simply something we believe<\/strong>. It is something we do.<\/strong><\/p>\n Pope Francis described this as weaving \u201ca fabric of fraternal relationships marked by reciprocity, forgiveness and complete self-giving.\u201d (World Day of Peace, 2014, 10)<\/a><\/p>\n We do not merely live beside one another. We are called to live for one another.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_toggle title=”Read More” icon_color=”#054368″ open_icon_color=”#054368″ module_class=”hover-btn-border read-more” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ title_text_color=”#054368″ title_level=”h3″ title_font=”|600||on|||||” title_line_height=”1.7em” body_font=”||||||||” body_text_color=”#054368″ background_color=”#ffffff” custom_margin=”|||40px|false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”|0px|20px|” custom_margin_phone=”|||0px|false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_padding_tablet=”|0px||” custom_padding_phone=”||||false|false” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” link_option_url_new_window=”on” border_width_all=”0px” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Solidarity is lived by participating in the life of our families, workplaces, communities and civic institutions; by caring for those who are poor, excluded or vulnerable; and by being willing to sacrifice immediate advantages when they prevent others from living with dignity.<\/p>\n Pope Leo, quoting Pope St. John Paul II, describes solidarity as \u201ca firm and persevering determination\u201d to strive for the common good. (Magnifica Humanitas, 75)<\/a><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_toggle][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” module_class=”mosaic_width” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”10px||10px|” custom_padding_phone=”” animation_style=”fade” animation_duration=”750ms” hover_enabled=”0″ da_disable_devices=”off|off|off” locked=”off” collapsed=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” admin_label=”Section” da_is_popup=”off” da_exit_intent=”off” da_has_close=”on” da_alt_close=”off” da_dark_close=”off” da_not_modal=”on” da_is_singular=”off” da_with_loader=”off” da_has_shadow=”on” module_id=”135years” da_popup_slug=”135years” sticky_enabled=”0″][et_pb_row column_structure=”3_5,2_5″ make_equal=”on” disabled_on=”on|on|off” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” width=”100%” width_tablet=”100%” width_phone=”” width_last_edited=”on|desktop” max_width=”100%” max_width_tablet=”100%” max_width_phone=”” max_width_last_edited=”on|desktop” custom_padding=”20px||20px||true|false” animation_style=”fade” animation_delay=”200ms” make_fullwidth=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ module_class=”ds-vertical-align” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ header_font=”||||||||” header_text_color=”#054368″ header_4_font=”||||||||” header_4_text_color=”#084369″ custom_padding=”|40px|10px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ text_font=”||||||||” text_text_color=”#084369″ header_text_color=”#054368″ custom_padding=”|40px|||false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”|0px||” custom_padding_phone=”” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|tablet” link_option_url_new_window=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Pope Leo XIV’s teaching on solidarity does not stand alone.<\/p>\n Modern Catholic social teaching stretches from Pope Leo XIII’s Rerum Novarum in 1891 through Pius XI, John XXIII, Paul VI, John Paul II, Benedict XVI and Francis to Pope Leo XIV today.<\/p>\n Pope Pius XI called Rerum Novarum the \u201cMagna Charta upon which all Christian activity in the social field ought to be based.<\/strong>\u201d (Quadragesimo Anno, 39)<\/a><\/p>\n Pope St. Paul VI described how that tradition develops: \u201cThe eightieth anniversary of the publication of the encyclical Rerum Novarum, the message of which continues to inspire action for social justice, prompts us to take up again and to extend the teaching of our predecessors, in response to the new needs of a changing world.\u201d (Octogesima Adveniens, 1)<\/a><\/p>\n That is the continuity of Catholic social teaching: enduring principles applied faithfully to new circumstances. From the upheavals of the Industrial Revolution to globalization, migration, economic development, digital platforms and artificial intelligence, the circumstances change.<\/p>\n The principles do not.<\/p>\n Magnifica Humanitas<\/em>, issued by Pope Leo XIV on the 135th anniversary of Rerum Novarum<\/em>, continues that living tradition.<\/p>\n Explore CAPP-USA’s Magisterial Resources<\/a><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ module_class=”ds-vertical-align” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Pope-Leo-XIII-and-Pope-Leo-XIV.jpg” alt=”Pope Leo XIII was integral to Catholic social teaching origins and addressing socialism.” title_text=”Pope Leo XIII and Pope Leo XIV” align_tablet=”center” align_phone=”” align_last_edited=”on|desktop” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ custom_margin=”||10px||false|false” custom_padding=”||||false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”” custom_padding_phone=”20px||” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|desktop” global_colors_info=”{}”] [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ text_font=”||||||||” text_text_color=”#084369″ header_text_color=”#054368″ custom_padding=”|40px|||false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”|0px||” custom_padding_phone=”” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|tablet” link_option_url_new_window=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Pope Leo XIV’s teaching on solidarity does not stand alone.<\/p>\n Modern Catholic social teaching stretches from Pope Leo XIII’s Rerum Novarum in 1891 through Pius XI, John XXIII, Paul VI, John Paul II, Benedict XVI and Francis to Pope Leo XIV today.<\/p>\n Pope Pius XI called Rerum Novarum the \u201cMagna Charta upon which all Christian activity in the social field ought to be based.<\/strong>\u201d (Quadragesimo Anno, 39)<\/a><\/p>\n Pope St. Paul VI described how that tradition develops: \u201cThe eightieth anniversary of the publication of the encyclical Rerum Novarum, the message of which continues to inspire action for social justice, prompts us to take up again and to extend the teaching of our predecessors, in response to the new needs of a changing world.\u201d (Octogesima Adveniens, 1)<\/a><\/p>\n That is the continuity of Catholic social teaching: enduring principles applied faithfully to new circumstances. From the upheavals of the Industrial Revolution to globalization, migration, economic development, digital platforms and artificial intelligence, the circumstances change.<\/p>\n The principles do not.<\/p>\n Magnifica Humanitas<\/em>, issued by Pope Leo XIV on the 135th anniversary of Rerum Novarum<\/em>, continues that living tradition.<\/p>\n Explore CAPP-USA’s Magisterial Resources<\/a><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row module_class=”bullets-module” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ custom_padding=”10px||10px||true|false” locked=”off” collapsed=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_divider divider_weight=”2px” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ max_width=”50px” module_alignment=”center” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_button button_url=”\/category\/all-articles\/solidarity\/” button_text=”Solidarity Articles” button_alignment=”center” module_class=”hover-btn-border” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ custom_button=”on” button_text_size=”30px” button_text_color=”#054368″ button_border_width=”0px” button_border_radius=”0px” button_font=”|600||on|||||” button_icon=”5||divi||400″ button_on_hover=”off” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” button_text_color__hover_enabled=”on” button_text_color__hover=”#054368″][\/et_pb_button][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” module_class=”mosaic_width” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_color=”#f2f2f2″ custom_padding=”0px||0px|||” custom_padding_tablet=”10px|||” custom_padding_phone=”” da_disable_devices=”off|off|off” locked=”off” collapsed=”on” global_colors_info=”{}” admin_label=”Section” da_is_popup=”off” da_exit_intent=”off” da_has_close=”on” da_alt_close=”off” da_dark_close=”off” da_not_modal=”on” da_is_singular=”off” da_with_loader=”off” da_has_shadow=”on”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”50px||50px” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ header_font=”||||||||” header_text_color=”#054368″ header_line_height=”1.5em” header_4_font=”||||||||” header_4_text_align=”center” header_4_text_color=”#084369″ custom_margin=”||” custom_padding=”0px||10px” animation_style=”fade” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_toggle title=”Q: What does solidarity mean in Catholic Social Teaching?” icon_color=”#054368″ open_icon_color=”#054368″ _builder_version=”4.27.6″ title_text_color=”#054368″ title_level=”h3″ title_font=”||||||||” body_font=”||||||||” body_text_color=”#084369″ background_color=”#ffffff” custom_margin=”||20px” custom_padding=”||” animation_style=”fade” animation_delay=”50ms” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n A:\u00a0Solidarity recognizes that we belong to one human family and are responsible for one another and for the common good.<\/p>\n Pope St. John Paul II defined solidarity as: \u201cA firm and persevering determination to commit oneself to the common good.<\/strong>\u201d (Sollicitudo Rei Socialis, 38)<\/a><\/p>\n Pope Leo XIV explains why: \u201cThe good of each person depends on the good of others.\u201d (Magnifica Humanitas, 75)<\/a><\/p>\n Solidarity is therefore both a social principle and a personal virtue.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=”Q: Is solidarity the same as charity?” icon_color=”#054368″ open_icon_color=”#054368″ _builder_version=”4.27.6″ title_text_color=”#054368″ title_level=”h3″ title_font=”||||||||” body_font=”||||||||” body_text_color=”#084369″ background_color=”#ffffff” custom_margin=”||20px” animation_style=”fade” animation_delay=”100ms” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n A:\u00a0No. But the two are inseparable in Christian life.<\/p>\n Charity is the theological virtue of love of God and neighbor. Solidarity is one way that love takes social form.<\/p>\n Pope St. John Paul II called solidarity \u201cundoubtedly a Christian virtue<\/strong>\u201d and explained that, in the light of faith, it takes on the Christian dimensions of generosity, forgiveness and reconciliation. (Sollicitudo Rei Socialis, 40)<\/a><\/p>\n Solidarity recognizes our interdependence and turns love of neighbor into responsibility for one another and for the common good.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=”Q: What is the difference between solidarity and subsidiarity?” icon_color=”#054368″ open_icon_color=”#054368″ _builder_version=”4.27.6″ title_text_color=”#054368″ title_level=”h3″ title_font=”||||||||” body_font=”||||||||” body_text_color=”#084369″ background_color=”#ffffff” custom_margin=”||20px” animation_style=”fade” animation_delay=”150ms” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n A: Solidarity emphasizes our responsibility for one another and for the common good.<\/p>\n Subsidiarity protects the responsibility and freedom of persons, families, communities and smaller institutions by ensuring that higher authorities assist rather than unnecessarily replace them.<\/p>\n Catholic social teaching insists that the two remain together.<\/p>\n Pope Benedict XVI taught: \u201cThe principle of subsidiarity must remain closely linked to the principle of solidarity and vice versa.<\/strong>\u201d (Caritas in Veritate, 58)<\/a><\/p>\n Pope Leo XIV reiterates the point: subsidiarity without solidarity can become protection of particular interests, while solidarity without subsidiarity can weaken responsibility.<\/p>\n Learn more about Subsidiarity<\/a><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=”Q: Why does solidarity flow from human dignity?” icon_color=”#054368″ open_icon_color=”#054368″ _builder_version=”4.27.6″ title_text_color=”#054368″ title_level=”h3″ title_font=”||||||||” body_font=”||||||||” body_text_color=”#084369″ background_color=”#ffffff” custom_margin=”||20px||false|false” custom_padding=”||||false|false” animation_style=”fade” animation_delay=”200ms” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n A: Because the human person is not made to live in isolation.<\/p>\n Every person is created in the image of God and possesses an inherent dignity. But we are also created for relationship with others.<\/p>\n Pope Leo XIV teaches that each person’s future is bound up with everyone else’s \u2014 that’s what makes dignity relational, not just individual. (Magnifica Humanitas, 73)<\/a><\/p>\n Respect for human dignity therefore cannot stop with recognition of another person’s rights. It calls us to accept responsibility for one another.<\/p>\n Human Dignity is the foundation.<\/strong> Solidarity is what that dignity demands of us in relationship with others.<\/p>\n
\n[\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text module_class=”mosaic_width” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ text_font=”||||||||” text_text_color=”#054368″ header_font=”||||||||” header_text_color=”#eb7525″ header_5_font=”||||||||” text_orientation=”center” width_tablet=”100%” width_phone=”100%” width_last_edited=”on|desktop” module_alignment=”center” custom_margin_phone=”|-99px||-99px” custom_margin_last_edited=”off|tablet” custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding_tablet=”|||” custom_padding_phone=”10px||10px||true|false” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” animation_style=”fade” animation_delay=”200ms” link_option_url_new_window=”on” inline_fonts=”Playfair Display,Open Sans” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n\u201cSolidarity\u2026is the concrete recognition that the future of each individual is connected to the future of all.\u201d<\/h5>\n
\n[\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text module_class=”mosaic_width” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ text_font=”||||||||” text_text_color=”#054368″ header_font=”||||||||” header_text_color=”#eb7525″ header_5_font=”||||||||” text_orientation=”center” width_tablet=”100%” width_phone=”100%” width_last_edited=”on|desktop” module_alignment=”center” custom_margin_phone=”|-99px||-99px” custom_margin_last_edited=”off|tablet” custom_padding=”10px||10px||true|false” animation_style=”fade” animation_delay=”200ms” link_option_url_new_window=”on” inline_fonts=”Playfair Display,Open Sans” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n\u201c[A]ll men and women are called to live as one, each taking care of the other\u201d. We are \u201cour brothers\u2019 keeper\u201d.<\/strong><\/h5>\n
\n[\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ module_class=”ds-vertical-align” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ text_font=”||||||||” text_text_color=”#ffffff” link_font=”||||||||” header_font=”||||||||” header_text_color=”#ffffff” header_3_font=”||||||||” header_4_font=”||||||||” header_4_text_color=”#ffffff” custom_padding=”||10px|40px” custom_padding_tablet=”|||0px” custom_padding_phone=”29px||” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” link_option_url_new_window=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\nSolidarity Flows From Human Dignity<\/h4>\n
\n[\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ header_font=”||||||||” header_text_color=”#054368″ header_4_font=”||||||||” header_4_text_color=”#084369″ custom_padding=”||10px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\nSolidarity Is a Commitment to the Common Good<\/h4>\n
\n[\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ header_font=”||||||||” header_text_color=”#054368″ header_4_font=”||||||||” header_4_text_color=”#084369″ custom_padding=”||10px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\nSolidarity Is More Than Interdependence<\/h4>\n
\n[\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ header_font=”||||||||” header_text_color=”#054368″ header_4_font=”||||||||” header_4_text_color=”#084369″ custom_padding=”10px||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\nSolidarity Is Radical Love<\/span><\/h2>\n
Solidarity Means Standing With the Poor and Vulnerable<\/span><\/h2>\n
Solidarity Requires Participation<\/span><\/h2>\n
\n[\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ module_class=”ds-vertical-align” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ header_font=”||||||||” header_text_color=”#054368″ header_4_font=”||||||||” header_4_text_color=”#084369″ header_4_line_height=”1.2em” custom_margin=”|||40px|false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”|||0px” custom_margin_phone=”” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_padding=”||10px|” custom_padding_tablet=”20px||” custom_padding_phone=”0px||0px||false|false” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|tablet” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\nSolidarity Flows From Faith<\/h4>\n
How is that possible?<\/h2>\n
Solidarity in the Digital Age<\/h4>\n
\n[\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_5,3_5″ make_equal=”on” disabled_on=”off|off|on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” width=”100%” width_tablet=”100%” width_phone=”” width_last_edited=”on|desktop” max_width=”100%” max_width_tablet=”100%” max_width_phone=”” max_width_last_edited=”on|desktop” custom_padding=”20px||20px||false|false” animation_style=”fade” animation_delay=”200ms” make_fullwidth=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ module_class=”ds-vertical-align” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/A-split-screen-showing-a-small-team-meeting-and-a-dimly-lit-server-farm.jpg” alt=”Pope Leo XIV extends the principle of solidarity directly to the digital world.” title_text=”A split screen showing a small team meeting and a dimly lit server farm” align_tablet=”center” align_phone=”” align_last_edited=”on|desktop” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ custom_margin=”||10px||false|false” custom_padding=”||||false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”” custom_padding_phone=”20px||” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|desktop” global_colors_info=”{}”]
\n[\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ module_class=”ds-vertical-align” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ header_font=”||||||||” header_text_color=”#054368″ header_4_font=”||||||||” header_4_text_color=”#084369″ custom_padding=”|40px|10px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\nSolidarity in the Digital Age<\/h4>\n
\n[\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ module_class=”ds-vertical-align” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ header_font=”||||||||” header_text_color=”#054368″ header_4_font=”||||||||” header_4_text_color=”#084369″ custom_padding=”||10px|40px|false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\nSolidarity and Subsidiarity Need Each Other<\/h4>\n
Solidarity Applies to Individuals, Communities, and Nations<\/h4>\n
\n[\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_5,3_5″ make_equal=”on” disabled_on=”off|off|on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” width=”100%” width_tablet=”100%” width_phone=”” width_last_edited=”on|desktop” max_width=”100%” max_width_tablet=”100%” max_width_phone=”” max_width_last_edited=”on|desktop” custom_padding=”20px||20px||false|false” animation_style=”fade” animation_delay=”200ms” make_fullwidth=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ module_class=”ds-vertical-align” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/A-row-of-national-flags-at-the-United-Nations-headquarters-in-New-York-City.jpeg” alt=”Solidarity does not end with personal responsibility. It extends to nations.” title_text=”flags of the world flapping in the wind” align_tablet=”center” align_phone=”” align_last_edited=”on|desktop” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ custom_margin=”||10px||false|false” custom_padding=”||||false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”” custom_padding_phone=”20px||” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|desktop” global_colors_info=”{}”]
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What Must I Do?<\/h4>\n
135 Years of Catholic Social Teaching<\/h4>\n
\n[\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_5,3_5″ make_equal=”on” disabled_on=”off|off|on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” width=”100%” width_tablet=”100%” width_phone=”” width_last_edited=”on|desktop” max_width=”100%” max_width_tablet=”100%” max_width_phone=”” max_width_last_edited=”on|desktop” custom_padding=”20px||20px||false|false” animation_style=”fade” animation_delay=”200ms” make_fullwidth=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ module_class=”ds-vertical-align” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Pope-Leo-XIII-and-Pope-Leo-XIV.jpg” alt=”Pope Leo XIII was integral to Catholic social teaching origins and addressing socialism.” title_text=”Pope Leo XIII and Pope Leo XIV” align_tablet=”center” align_phone=”” align_last_edited=”on|desktop” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ custom_margin=”||10px||false|false” custom_padding=”||||false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”” custom_padding_phone=”20px||” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|desktop” global_colors_info=”{}”]
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FAQs<\/h4>\n