{"id":28481,"date":"2019-04-16T00:50:16","date_gmt":"2019-04-16T00:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/capp.mystagingwebsite.com\/?page_id=28481"},"modified":"2026-10-19T16:53:26","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T16:53:26","slug":"solidarity","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/es\/solidarity\/","title":{"rendered":"Solidarity"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section mosaic_width\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_block_row et_pb_row_fullwidth\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_0_wrapper\"><a class=\"et_pb_button_0 et_pb_button et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module hover-btn-border\" href=\"\/solidarity\/#newsletter\" data-icon=\"5\">Join our Newsletter<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_1 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section mosaic_width\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_1 et_pb_row et_block_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_1 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h1>Solidarity in Catholic Social Teaching<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_2 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section et_animated\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_2 et_pb_row et_block_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough M-1_grid\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_1 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module M-1_grid-item M-1_grid-item1 fade-text\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>Is Radical Love<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_2 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_animated et_pb_module et_block_module M-1_grid-item M-1_grid-item2 fade-text\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>We are Our Brother\u2019s Keeper<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_3 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module M-1_grid-item M-1_grid-item3 fade-text\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>No Less Than an Encounter with God<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_4 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_animated et_pb_module et_block_module M-1_grid-item M-1_grid-item4 fade-text\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>Committed to the Common Good<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_5 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module M-1_grid-item M-1_grid-item5 grid-item_gap-fill\"><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_6 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module M-1_grid-item M-1_grid-item5 fade-text\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>Suffers for the Truth<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_7 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_animated et_pb_module et_block_module M-1_grid-item M-1_grid-item6 fade-text\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>Fundamental Among Nations<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_3 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_3 et_pb_row et_block_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_8 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #054368;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014<\/span> Find What You're Looking For <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_4 et_pb_row et_block_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_2 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_9 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module bullets-module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><ul style=\"padding-top: 0; padding-bottom: 0;\">\n<li><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"#flowsfromdignity\"><span style=\"color: #eb7425; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Flows from Human Dignity<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"#thecommongood\"><span style=\"color: #eb7425; font-size: medium;\"><strong>The Common Good and Interdependence<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"#radicallove\"><span style=\"color: #eb7425; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Radical Love, the Poor, and Participating<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"#flowsfromfaith\"><span style=\"color: #eb7425; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Flows from Faith<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"#digitalage\"><span style=\"color: #eb7425; font-size: medium;\"><strong>In the Digital Age<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_2 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_10 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module bullets-module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><ul style=\"padding-top: 0; padding-bottom: 0;\">\n<li><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"#subsidiarity\"><span style=\"color: #eb7425; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Solidarity and Subsidiarity<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"#nations\"><span style=\"color: #eb7425; font-size: medium;\"><strong>The Responsibility of Nations<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"#whatmustido\"><span style=\"color: #eb7425; font-size: medium;\"><strong>What Must I Do?<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"#135years\"><span style=\"color: #eb7425; font-size: medium;\"><strong>135 Years<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_5 et_pb_row et_block_row et_animated\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_6 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_divider_0 et_pb_divider et_pb_space et_pb_divider_position_center et_pb_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_divider_internal\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_4 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section et_animated mosaic_width\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_6 et_pb_row et_block_row et_animated\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_7 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_11 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #054368;\">Rooted in Human Dignity. Committed to the Common Good.<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_7 et_pb_row et_flex_row et_animated\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_8 et_pb_column et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_24_24 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_0 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module landscape\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Pope-John-Paul-II-during-a-visit-of-President-George-H.-W.-Bush-to-the-Vatican-cropped.jpg\" width=\"589\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Pope-John-Paul-II-during-a-visit-of-President-George-H.-W.-Bush-to-the-Vatican-cropped.jpg 589w, https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Pope-John-Paul-II-during-a-visit-of-President-George-H.-W.-Bush-to-the-Vatican-cropped-480x327.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 589px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-59321\" alt=\"Pope St. John Paul II defined solidarity as much more than a feeling.\" title=\"Pope John Paul II during a visit of President George H. W. Bush to the Vatican-cropped\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_12 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_animated et_pb_module et_block_module mosaic_width\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5>Solidarity \u201cis a firm and persevering\u00a0<strong>determination to commit oneself to the common good<\/strong>\u201d and is fundamental to the Christian view of social and political organization.<\/h5>\n<p><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/sollicitudo-rei-socialis\/#38\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pope St. John Paul II, 38<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_9 et_pb_column et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_24_24 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_1 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module landscape\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Pope-Leo-XIV-grid-crop.jpg\" width=\"720\" height=\"511\" srcset=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Pope-Leo-XIV-grid-crop.jpg 720w, https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Pope-Leo-XIV-grid-crop-480x341.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 720px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-59322\" alt=\"Pope Leo XIV reminded us that solidarity is our deepest connection with others.\" title=\"Pope Leo XIV-grid crop\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_13 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_animated et_pb_module et_block_module mosaic_width\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5>\u201cSolidarity\u2026is the concrete recognition that the future of each individual is connected to the future of all.\u201d<\/h5>\n<p><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/magnifica-humanitas\/#73\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pope Leo XIV, 73<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_10 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_24_24 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_2 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module landscape\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Pope_Francis_grid-crop.jpg\" width=\"1614\" height=\"1150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Pope_Francis_grid-crop.jpg 1614w, https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Pope_Francis_grid-crop-1280x912.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Pope_Francis_grid-crop-980x698.jpg 980w, https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Pope_Francis_grid-crop-480x342.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) and (max-width: 1280px) 1280px, (min-width: 1281px) 1614px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-39110\" alt=\"Pope Francis told us that we are brothers and sisters under the care of our common Father, God Himself.\" title=\"Pope_Francis_grid-crop\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_14 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_animated et_pb_module et_block_module mosaic_width\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h5>\u201c[A]ll men and women are called to live as one, each taking care of the other\u201d. <strong>We are \u201cour brothers\u2019 keeper\u201d.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p><a class=\"alternate-link init\" href=\"http:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/messages\/peace\/documents\/papa-francesco_20131208_messaggio-xlvii-giornata-mondiale-pace-2014.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pope Francis, 3<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_8 et_pb_row et_block_row et_animated\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_11 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_divider_1 et_pb_divider et_pb_space et_pb_divider_position_center et_pb_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_divider_internal\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_5 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section et_animated mosaic_width\" id=\"flowsfromdignity\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_9 et_pb_row et_block_row et_animated mosaic_width\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_12 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_2 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough ds-vertical-align\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_3 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Old-friends-standing-on-a-street-corner-posing-for-a-photo.jpg\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Old-friends-standing-on-a-street-corner-posing-for-a-photo.jpg 720w, https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Old-friends-standing-on-a-street-corner-posing-for-a-photo-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 720px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-59323\" alt=\"Human Dignity is the foundation. Solidarity is what that dignity demands of us in relationship with others.\" title=\"Old friends standing on a street corner posing for a photo\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_13 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_2 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough ds-vertical-align\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_15 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4>Solidarity Flows From Human Dignity<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_16 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>Catholic social teaching begins with the dignity of the human person.<\/p>\n<p>As early as 1891, Pope Leo XIII insisted that we must \u201crespect in every man his dignity as a person.\u201d <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/rerum-novarum\/#20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Rerum Novarum, 20)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pope St. John XXIII later taught that individual human beings are the \u201cfoundation, the cause and the end of every social institution.\u201d <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/mater-et-magistra\/#219\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Mater et Magistra, 219)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>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 <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/magnifica-humanitas\/#73\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Magnifica Humanitas, 73)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And therefore: \u201cThe future of each individual is connected to the future of all.\u201d <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/magnifica-humanitas\/#73\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Magnifica Humanitas, 73)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Human Dignity is the foundation. Solidarity is what that dignity demands of us in relationship with others.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/human-dignity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Learn more about Human Dignity<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_6 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section et_animated mosaic_width\" id=\"thecommongood\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_10 et_pb_row et_flex_row et_animated et_pb_row_fullwidth\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_14 et_pb_column et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_24_24 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone ds-vertical-align\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_4 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/A-group-of-young-people-celebrating-in-a-backyard-of-a-house.jpg\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/A-group-of-young-people-celebrating-in-a-backyard-of-a-house.jpg 720w, https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/A-group-of-young-people-celebrating-in-a-backyard-of-a-house-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 720px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-59324\" alt=\"As a virtue, solidarity requires that same \u201cfirm and persevering determination\u201d to strive for the common good.\" title=\"A group of young people celebrating in a backyard of a house\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_17 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Solidarity Is a Commitment to the Common Good<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_18 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>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, <strong>solidarity is that same \u201cfirm and persevering determination to commit oneself to the common good.<\/strong>\u201d <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/sollicitudo-rei-socialis\/#38\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Sollicitudo Rei Socialis, 38)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This commitment to a social order directed toward the good of all runs deep in Catholic social teaching.<\/p>\n<p>Pope Leo XIV takes up that tradition directly: \u201cThe Church\u2019s social teaching emphasizes that solidarity is both a principle and a virtue.\u201d <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/magnifica-humanitas\/#75\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Magnifica Humanitas, 75)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As a principle, it recognizes our interdependence: \u201cThe good of each person depends on the good of others.\u201d <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/magnifica-humanitas\/#75\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Magnifica Humanitas, 75)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>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 <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/magnifica-humanitas\/#75\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Magnifica Humanitas, 75)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Solidarity moves us from knowing we are connected to living as though we truly are.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/the-common-good\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Learn more about the Common Good<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_0 et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_item et_pb_toggle_close et_pb_module et_block_module hover-btn-border read-more\"><h3 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Read More<\/h3><div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p>Pope Pius XI taught: \u201c<strong>Social charity\u2026ought to be as the soul of this order.<\/strong>\u201d <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/quadragesimo-anno\/#88\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Quadragesimo Anno, 88)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\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 <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/magnifica-humanitas\/#75\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Magnifica Humanitas, 75)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_15 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_24_24 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone ds-vertical-align\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_5 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/A-woman-gives-a-young-homeless-man-food-to-eat.jpg\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/A-woman-gives-a-young-homeless-man-food-to-eat.jpg 720w, https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/A-woman-gives-a-young-homeless-man-food-to-eat-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 720px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-59325\" alt=\"But interdependence alone is not solidarity. True solidarity begins when those connections become a conscious commitment to others.\" title=\"A woman gives a young homeless man food to eat\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_19 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Solidarity Is More Than Interdependence<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_20 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>Pope St. Paul VI recognized that our growing interdependence creates moral obligations: \u201c<strong>The reality of human solidarity brings us not only benefits but also obligations.<\/strong>\u201d <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/populorum-progressio\/#17\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Populorum Progressio, 17)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>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<p>But interdependence alone is not solidarity.<\/p>\n<p>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 <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/magnifica-humanitas\/#74\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Magnifica Humanitas, 74)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pope Leo calls us to transform the bonds that already connect us into \u201cpaths of sharing, cooperation and mutual care.\u201d <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/magnifica-humanitas\/#74\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Magnifica Humanitas, 74)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Being connected is a fact. <strong>Solidarity is the choice to accept responsibility for those connections.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_7 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section et_animated mosaic_width\" id=\"radicallove\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_11 et_pb_row et_pb_gutters2 et_block_row et_animated et_pb_row_fullwidth\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_16 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_3 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough ds-vertical-align\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_6 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Two-women-serve-food-to-needy-children-in-Ghana-Africa.jpg\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Two-women-serve-food-to-needy-children-in-Ghana-Africa.jpg 720w, https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Two-women-serve-food-to-needy-children-in-Ghana-Africa-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 720px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-59326\" alt=\"The basis of solidarity is to love one another as Jesus loves us.\" title=\"Two women serve food to needy children in Ghana, Africa\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_21 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #054368;\">Solidarity Is Radical Love<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_22 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>At the Last Supper Jesus said: \u201c<strong>A 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<p><strong>This is a radical command.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We are not merely asked to feel concern for another person. We are called to love as Christ loves.<\/p>\n<p>Pope Francis described this as a willingness to \u201close ourselves\u201d for the sake of others. <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/messages\/peace\/documents\/papa-francesco_20131208_messaggio-xlvii-giornata-mondiale-pace-2014.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(World Day of Peace, 2014, 4)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>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 <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/benedict-xvi\/en\/encyclicals\/documents\/hf_ben-xvi_enc_20071130_spe-salvi.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Spe Salvi, 38)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Solidarity can therefore require sacrifice.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Solidarity is love made concrete<\/strong>\u2014even when love costs us something.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_1 et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_item et_pb_toggle_close et_pb_module et_block_module hover-btn-border read-more\"><h3 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Read More<\/h3><div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p>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. <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/magnifica-humanitas\/#75\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Magnifica Humanitas, 75)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_17 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_3 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough ds-vertical-align\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_7 et_pb_image et_pb_image_sticky et_pb_module et_block_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Families-and-individuals-living-in-tents-on-the-US-Mexico-border.jpg\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Families-and-individuals-living-in-tents-on-the-US-Mexico-border.jpg 720w, https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Families-and-individuals-living-in-tents-on-the-US-Mexico-border-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 720px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-59327\" alt=\"The poor are not simply problems to be solved or categories to be studied. They are brothers and sisters. Solidarity requires action.\" title=\"Families and individuals living in tents on the US-Mexico border\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_23 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #054368;\">Solidarity Means Standing With the Poor and Vulnerable<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_24 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_animated et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>Concern for those who are vulnerable has marked modern Catholic social teaching from its beginning.<\/p>\n<p>In Rerum Novarum, Pope Leo XIII confronted a social order in which working people had been left \u201cisolated and helpless.\u201d <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/rerum-novarum\/#3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Rerum Novarum, 3)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pope St. Paul VI later warned that \u201cthe hungry nations of the world cry out to the peoples blessed with abundance.\u201d <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/populorum-progressio\/#3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Populorum Progressio, 3)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pope Leo XIV states: \u201c<strong>By 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 <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/dilexi-te\/#111\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Dilexi Te, 111)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Solidarity therefore requires both personal action and concern for the conditions and structures that contribute to poverty, exclusion or marginalization.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/preferential-option-for-the-poor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Learn more about the Preferential Option for the Poor<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_2 et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_item et_pb_toggle_close et_pb_module et_block_module hover-btn-border read-more\"><h3 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Read More<\/h3><div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p>This is not a mission reserved to a few specialists or charitable organizations. It belongs to Christian discipleship itself.<\/p>\n<p>The poor are not simply problems to be solved or categories to be studied. They are brothers and sisters.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_18 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_3 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough ds-vertical-align\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_8 et_pb_image et_pb_image_sticky et_pb_module et_block_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Spray-painted-22be-the-change22-words-on-a-utility-box-on-an-urban-street-cropped.jpg\" width=\"720\" height=\"482\" srcset=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Spray-painted-22be-the-change22-words-on-a-utility-box-on-an-urban-street-cropped.jpg 720w, https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Spray-painted-22be-the-change22-words-on-a-utility-box-on-an-urban-street-cropped-480x321.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 720px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-59328\" 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=\"Spray painted be the change words on a utility box on an urban street-cropped\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_25 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #054368;\">Solidarity Requires Participation<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_26 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>Participation has long been part of the Church's understanding of a just social order.<\/p>\n<p>Pope St. John XXIII insisted that social institutions should encourage people to \u201ctake an active part in the ordering of their lives.\u201d <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/mater-et-magistra\/#65\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Mater et Magistra, 65)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>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 <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/magnifica-humanitas\/#73\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Magnifica Humanitas, 73)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Solidarity, then, is not passive.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>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<p>The common good is not something others create for us. Solidarity calls each of us to help build it.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_8 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section et_animated mosaic_width\" id=\"flowsfromfaith\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_12 et_pb_row et_flex_row et_animated\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_19 et_pb_column et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_24_24 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone ds-vertical-align\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_9 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/eucharist-cropped.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"863\" srcset=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/eucharist-cropped.jpg 800w\" class=\"wp-image-34545\" 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\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_20 et_pb_column et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_24_24 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone ds-vertical-align\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_27 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4>Solidarity Flows From Faith<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_28 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_animated et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>For Christians, solidarity is not merely a social or political ideal. It is rooted in our relationship with God.<\/p>\n<p>Pope Benedict XVI explained: \u201c<strong>Love 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 class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/deus-caritas-est\/#18\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a> <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/deus-caritas-est\/#18\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Deus Caritas Est, 18)<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>How is that possible?<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cThis can only take place on the basis of an intimate encounter with God.\u201d <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/deus-caritas-est\/#18\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Deus Caritas Est, 18)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>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 <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/deus-caritas-est\/#16\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Deus Caritas Est, 16)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pope Leo XIV deepens this connection: \u201cFor the Christian community, <strong>solidarity finds its source in the mystery of Christ<\/strong> and is nourished by the Eucharist.\u201d <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/magnifica-humanitas\/#88\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Magnifica Humanitas, 88)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>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 <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/magnifica-humanitas\/#88\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Magnifica Humanitas, 88)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Solidarity therefore flows from faith because love of God and love of neighbor cannot ultimately be separated.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_9 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section et_animated mosaic_width\" id=\"digitalage\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_13 et_pb_row et_pb_equal_columns et_block_row et_animated\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_21 et_pb_column et_pb_column_3_5 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough ds-vertical-align\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_29 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4>Solidarity in the Digital Age<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_30 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>Pope Leo XIV extends the principle of solidarity directly to the digital world:<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<strong>Solidarity 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 <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/magnifica-humanitas\/#76\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Magnifica Humanitas, 76)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>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 <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/magnifica-humanitas\/#109\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Magnifica Humanitas, 109)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Technology can expand knowledge and opportunity, but it can also deepen inequality, concentrate power and leave people on the margins.<\/p>\n<p>Pope Leo therefore asks whether new technologies \u201ctruly help individuals and peoples to become more humane and fraternal.\u201d <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/magnifica-humanitas\/#85\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Magnifica Humanitas, 85)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>That is the measure of technological progress: <strong>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<p><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/2025\/02\/pope-francis-artificial-intelligence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Learn more about Artificial Intelligence and Catholic Social Teaching<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_22 et_pb_column et_pb_column_2_5 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough ds-vertical-align\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_10 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/A-split-screen-showing-a-small-team-meeting-and-a-dimly-lit-server-farm.jpg\" width=\"1032\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/A-split-screen-showing-a-small-team-meeting-and-a-dimly-lit-server-farm.jpg 1032w, https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/A-split-screen-showing-a-small-team-meeting-and-a-dimly-lit-server-farm-980x760.jpg 980w, https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/A-split-screen-showing-a-small-team-meeting-and-a-dimly-lit-server-farm-480x372.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1032px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-59329\" alt=\"Pope Leo XIV extends the principle of solidarity directly to the digital world.\" title=\"A split screen showing a small team meeting and a dimly lit server farm\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_14 et_pb_row et_flex_row et_animated\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_23 et_pb_column et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_24_24 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone ds-vertical-align\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_11 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/A-split-screen-showing-a-small-team-meeting-and-a-dimly-lit-server-farm.jpg\" width=\"1032\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/A-split-screen-showing-a-small-team-meeting-and-a-dimly-lit-server-farm.jpg 1032w, https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/A-split-screen-showing-a-small-team-meeting-and-a-dimly-lit-server-farm-980x760.jpg 980w, https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/A-split-screen-showing-a-small-team-meeting-and-a-dimly-lit-server-farm-480x372.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1032px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-59329\" alt=\"Pope Leo XIV extends the principle of solidarity directly to the digital world.\" title=\"A split screen showing a small team meeting and a dimly lit server farm\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_24 et_pb_column et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_24_24 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone ds-vertical-align\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_31 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4>Solidarity in the Digital Age<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_32 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>Pope Leo XIV extends the principle of solidarity directly to the digital world:<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<strong>Solidarity 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 <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/magnifica-humanitas\/#76\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Magnifica Humanitas, 76)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>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 <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/magnifica-humanitas\/#109\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Magnifica Humanitas, 109)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Technology can expand knowledge and opportunity, but it can also deepen inequality, concentrate power and leave people on the margins.<\/p>\n<p>Pope Leo therefore asks whether new technologies \u201ctruly help individuals and peoples to become more humane and fraternal.\u201d <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/magnifica-humanitas\/#85\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Magnifica Humanitas, 85)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>That is the measure of technological progress: <strong>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<p><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/2025\/02\/pope-francis-artificial-intelligence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Learn more about Artificial Intelligence and Catholic Social Teaching<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_10 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section et_animated mosaic_width\" id=\"subsidiarity\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_15 et_pb_row et_flex_row et_animated\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_25 et_pb_column et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_24_24 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone ds-vertical-align\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_12 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Two-men-embrace-in-a-moment-of-friendship-and-solidarity.jpg\" width=\"720\" height=\"710\" srcset=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Two-men-embrace-in-a-moment-of-friendship-and-solidarity.jpg 720w, https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Two-men-embrace-in-a-moment-of-friendship-and-solidarity-480x473.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 720px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-59330\" alt=\"Solidarity asks what we owe one another. Subsidiarity asks who should act\u2014and at what level.\" title=\"Two men embrace in a moment of friendship and solidarity\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_26 et_pb_column et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_24_24 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone ds-vertical-align\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_33 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4>Solidarity and Subsidiarity Need Each Other<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_34 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>Pope Leo XIV makes their relationship explicit: \u201c<strong>When 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 <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/magnifica-humanitas\/#73\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Magnifica Humanitas, 73)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>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. <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/quadragesimo-anno\/#79\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Quadragesimo Anno, 79)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pope Benedict XVI later emphasized: \u201cThe principle of subsidiarity must remain closely linked to the principle of solidarity and vice versa.\u201d <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/caritas-in-veritate\/#58\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Caritas in Veritate, 58)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Solidarity asks what we owe one another.<\/p>\n<p>Subsidiarity asks who should act\u2014and at what level.<\/p>\n<p>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 <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/magnifica-humanitas\/#73\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Magnifica Humanitas, 73)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/subsidiarity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Learn more about Subsidiarity<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_3 et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_item et_pb_toggle_close et_pb_module et_block_module hover-btn-border read-more\"><h3 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Read More<\/h3><div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p>Together, solidarity and subsidiarity protect both responsibility and participation\u2014calling us to contribute to the common good rather than remain either isolated from one another or merely passive recipients of assistance.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_11 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section et_animated mosaic_width\" id=\"nations\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_16 et_pb_row et_pb_equal_columns et_block_row et_animated\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_27 et_pb_column et_pb_column_3_5 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough ds-vertical-align\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_35 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4>Solidarity Applies to Individuals, Communities, and Nations<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_36 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>Solidarity does not end with personal responsibility.<\/p>\n<p>Pope St. Paul VI made the implications unmistakable: \u201c<strong>The social question ties all men together, in every part of the world.<\/strong>\u201d\u00a0<a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/populorum-progressio\/#17\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Populorum Progressio, 17)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn a world marked by increasingly close connections between people, communities and nations, solidarity also takes on a global dimension.\u201d <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/magnifica-humanitas\/#76\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope Leo XIV, 76)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pope St. John Paul II made the point even more broadly: \u201c<strong>Peace and prosperity, in fact, are goods which belong to the whole human race<\/strong>.\u201d <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/centesimus-annus\/#27\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Centesimus Annus, 27)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>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 <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/deus-caritas-est\/#30\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Deus Caritas Est, 30)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Solidarity therefore reaches from the person and the family to communities, institutions and nations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The common good cannot stop at our own doorstep<\/strong>\u2014or at our national borders.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_4 et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_item et_pb_toggle_close et_pb_module et_block_module hover-btn-border read-more\"><h3 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Read More<\/h3><div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p>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 <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/mater-et-magistra\/#66\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Mater et Magistra, 66)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>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 <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/archive\/hist_councils\/ii_vatican_council\/documents\/vat-ii_const_19651207_gaudium-et-spes_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Gaudium et Spes, 86)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pope Leo XIV carries this teaching directly into our own time:<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_28 et_pb_column et_pb_column_2_5 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough ds-vertical-align\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_13 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/A-row-of-national-flags-at-the-United-Nations-headquarters-in-New-York-City.jpeg\" width=\"900\" height=\"662\" srcset=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/A-row-of-national-flags-at-the-United-Nations-headquarters-in-New-York-City.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/A-row-of-national-flags-at-the-United-Nations-headquarters-in-New-York-City-480x353.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 900px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-59331\" alt=\"Solidarity does not end with personal responsibility. It extends to nations.\" title=\"flags of the world flapping in the wind\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_17 et_pb_row et_flex_row et_animated\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_29 et_pb_column et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_24_24 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone ds-vertical-align\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_14 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/A-row-of-national-flags-at-the-United-Nations-headquarters-in-New-York-City.jpeg\" width=\"900\" height=\"662\" srcset=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/A-row-of-national-flags-at-the-United-Nations-headquarters-in-New-York-City.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/A-row-of-national-flags-at-the-United-Nations-headquarters-in-New-York-City-480x353.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 900px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-59331\" alt=\"Solidarity does not end with personal responsibility. It extends to nations.\" title=\"flags of the world flapping in the wind\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_30 et_pb_column et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_24_24 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone ds-vertical-align\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_37 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4>Solidarity Applies to Individuals, Communities, and Nations<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_38 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>Solidarity does not end with personal responsibility.<\/p>\n<p>Pope St. Paul VI made the implications unmistakable: \u201c<strong>The social question ties all men together, in every part of the world.<\/strong>\u201d\u00a0<a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/populorum-progressio\/#17\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Populorum Progressio, 17)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn a world marked by increasingly close connections between people, communities and nations, solidarity also takes on a global dimension.\u201d <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/magnifica-humanitas\/#76\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope Leo XIV, 76)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pope St. John Paul II made the point even more broadly: \u201c<strong>Peace and prosperity, in fact, are goods which belong to the whole human race<\/strong>.\u201d <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/centesimus-annus\/#27\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Centesimus Annus, 27)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>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 <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/deus-caritas-est\/#30\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Deus Caritas Est, 30)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Solidarity therefore reaches from the person and the family to communities, institutions and nations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The common good cannot stop at our own doorstep<\/strong>\u2014or at our national borders.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_5 et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_item et_pb_toggle_close et_pb_module et_block_module hover-btn-border read-more\"><h3 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Read More<\/h3><div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p>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 <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/mater-et-magistra\/#66\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Mater et Magistra, 66)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>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 <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/archive\/hist_councils\/ii_vatican_council\/documents\/vat-ii_const_19651207_gaudium-et-spes_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Gaudium et Spes, 86)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pope Leo XIV carries this teaching directly into our own time:<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_12 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section et_animated mosaic_width\" id=\"whatmustido\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_18 et_pb_row et_flex_row et_animated\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_31 et_pb_column et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_24_24 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone ds-vertical-align\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_15 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/what-must-i-do.jpg\" title=\"what-must-i-do\" width=\"1200\" height=\"801\" srcset=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/what-must-i-do.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/what-must-i-do-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/what-must-i-do-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/what-must-i-do-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/what-must-i-do-1080x721.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" class=\"wp-image-29918\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_32 et_pb_column et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_24_24 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone ds-vertical-align\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_39 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4>What Must I Do?<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_40 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><strong>\u201cWe are not merely neighbors to one another, but entrusted to each other.\u201d<\/strong> <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/magnifica-humanitas\/#74\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope Leo XIV, 74)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>That means refusing indifference to what happens to others and accepting responsibility for the people and communities entrusted to us.<\/p>\n<p>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 <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/populorum-progressio\/#47\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Populorum Progressio, 47)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It also means transforming the economic, cultural and technological bonds that already connect us into \u201cpaths of sharing, cooperation and mutual care.\u201d <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/magnifica-humanitas\/#74\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope Leo XIV, 74)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For Christians, solidarity is therefore <strong>not simply something we believe<\/strong>.<strong> It is something we do.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Pope Francis described this as weaving \u201ca fabric of fraternal relationships marked by reciprocity, forgiveness and complete self-giving.\u201d <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/messages\/peace\/documents\/papa-francesco_20131208_messaggio-xlvii-giornata-mondiale-pace-2014.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(World Day of Peace, 2014, 10)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We do not merely live beside one another. We are called to live for one another.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_6 et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_item et_pb_toggle_close et_pb_module et_block_module hover-btn-border read-more\"><h3 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Read More<\/h3><div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p>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<p>Pope Leo, quoting Pope St. John Paul II, describes solidarity as \u201ca firm and persevering determination\u201d to strive for the common good. <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/magnifica-humanitas\/#75\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Magnifica Humanitas, 75)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_13 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section et_animated mosaic_width\" id=\"135years\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_19 et_pb_row et_pb_equal_columns et_block_row et_animated\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_33 et_pb_column et_pb_column_3_5 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough ds-vertical-align\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_41 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4>135 Years of Catholic Social Teaching<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_42 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>Pope Leo XIV's teaching on solidarity does not stand alone.<\/p>\n<p>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<p>Pope Pius XI called Rerum Novarum the \u201c<strong>Magna Charta upon which all Christian activity in the social field ought to be based.<\/strong>\u201d <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/quadragesimo-anno\/#39\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Quadragesimo Anno, 39)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>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 <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/octogesima-adveniens\/#1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Octogesima Adveniens, 1)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>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<p>The principles do not.<\/p>\n<p><em>Magnifica Humanitas<\/em>, issued by Pope Leo XIV on the 135th anniversary of <em>Rerum Novarum<\/em>, continues that living tradition.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/magisterial-resources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Explore CAPP-USA's Magisterial Resources<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_34 et_pb_column et_pb_column_2_5 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough ds-vertical-align\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_16 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Pope-Leo-XIII-and-Pope-Leo-XIV.jpg\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Pope-Leo-XIII-and-Pope-Leo-XIV.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Pope-Leo-XIII-and-Pope-Leo-XIV-1280x720.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Pope-Leo-XIII-and-Pope-Leo-XIV-980x551.jpg 980w, https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Pope-Leo-XIII-and-Pope-Leo-XIV-480x270.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) and (max-width: 1280px) 1280px, (min-width: 1281px) 1920px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-59332\" alt=\"Pope Leo XIII was integral to Catholic social teaching origins and addressing socialism.\" title=\"Pope Leo XIII and Pope Leo XIV\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_20 et_pb_row et_flex_row et_animated\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_35 et_pb_column et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_24_24 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone ds-vertical-align\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_17 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Pope-Leo-XIII-and-Pope-Leo-XIV.jpg\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Pope-Leo-XIII-and-Pope-Leo-XIV.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Pope-Leo-XIII-and-Pope-Leo-XIV-1280x720.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Pope-Leo-XIII-and-Pope-Leo-XIV-980x551.jpg 980w, https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Pope-Leo-XIII-and-Pope-Leo-XIV-480x270.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) and (max-width: 1280px) 1280px, (min-width: 1281px) 1920px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-59332\" alt=\"Pope Leo XIII was integral to Catholic social teaching origins and addressing socialism.\" title=\"Pope Leo XIII and Pope Leo XIV\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_36 et_pb_column et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_24_24 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone ds-vertical-align\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_43 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4>135 Years of Catholic Social Teaching<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_44 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>Pope Leo XIV's teaching on solidarity does not stand alone.<\/p>\n<p>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<p>Pope Pius XI called Rerum Novarum the \u201c<strong>Magna Charta upon which all Christian activity in the social field ought to be based.<\/strong>\u201d <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/quadragesimo-anno\/#39\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Quadragesimo Anno, 39)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>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 <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/octogesima-adveniens\/#1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Octogesima Adveniens, 1)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>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<p>The principles do not.<\/p>\n<p><em>Magnifica Humanitas<\/em>, issued by Pope Leo XIV on the 135th anniversary of <em>Rerum Novarum<\/em>, continues that living tradition.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/magisterial-resources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Explore CAPP-USA's Magisterial Resources<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_21 et_pb_row et_block_row bullets-module\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_37 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_divider_2 et_pb_divider et_pb_space et_pb_divider_position_top et_pb_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_divider_internal\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_1_wrapper\"><a class=\"et_pb_button_1 et_pb_button et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module hover-btn-border\" href=\"\/category\/all-articles\/solidarity\/\" data-icon=\"5\">Solidarity Articles<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_14 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section mosaic_width\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_22 et_pb_row et_block_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_38 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_45 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_animated et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4>FAQs<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_7 et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_item et_pb_toggle_close et_animated et_pb_module et_block_module\"><h3 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Q: What does solidarity mean in Catholic Social Teaching?<\/h3><div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p>A:\u00a0Solidarity recognizes that we belong to one human family and are responsible for one another and for the common good.<\/p>\n<p>Pope St. John Paul II defined solidarity as: \u201c<strong>A firm and persevering determination to commit oneself to the common good.<\/strong>\u201d <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/sollicitudo-rei-socialis\/#38\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Sollicitudo Rei Socialis, 38)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pope Leo XIV explains why: \u201cThe good of each person depends on the good of others.\u201d <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/magnifica-humanitas\/#75\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Magnifica Humanitas, 75)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Solidarity is therefore both a social principle and a personal virtue.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_8 et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_item et_pb_toggle_close et_animated et_pb_module et_block_module\"><h3 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Q: Is solidarity the same as charity?<\/h3><div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p>A:\u00a0No. But the two are inseparable in Christian life.<\/p>\n<p>Charity is the theological virtue of love of God and neighbor. Solidarity is one way that love takes social form.<\/p>\n<p>Pope St. John Paul II called solidarity \u201c<strong>undoubtedly a Christian virtue<\/strong>\u201d and explained that, in the light of faith, it takes on the Christian dimensions of generosity, forgiveness and reconciliation. <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/sollicitudo-rei-socialis\/#40\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Sollicitudo Rei Socialis, 40)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Solidarity recognizes our interdependence and turns love of neighbor into responsibility for one another and for the common good.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_9 et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_item et_pb_toggle_close et_animated et_pb_module et_block_module\"><h3 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Q: What is the difference between solidarity and subsidiarity?<\/h3><div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p>A: Solidarity emphasizes our responsibility for one another and for the common good.<\/p>\n<p>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<p>Catholic social teaching insists that the two remain together.<\/p>\n<p>Pope Benedict XVI taught: \u201c<strong>The principle of subsidiarity must remain closely linked to the principle of solidarity and vice versa.<\/strong>\u201d <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/caritas-in-veritate\/#58\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Caritas in Veritate, 58)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pope Leo XIV reiterates the point: subsidiarity without solidarity can become protection of particular interests, while solidarity without subsidiarity can weaken responsibility.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/subsidiarity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Learn more about Subsidiarity<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_10 et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_item et_pb_toggle_close et_animated et_pb_module et_block_module\"><h3 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Q: Why does solidarity flow from human dignity?<\/h3><div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p>A: Because the human person is not made to live in isolation.<\/p>\n<p>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<p>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. <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/magnifica-humanitas\/#73\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Magnifica Humanitas, 73)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>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<p><strong>Human Dignity is the foundation.<\/strong> Solidarity is what that dignity demands of us in relationship with others.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/human-dignity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Learn more about Human Dignity<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_11 et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_item et_pb_toggle_close et_animated et_pb_module et_block_module\"><h3 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Q: Is solidarity only about helping the poor?<\/h3><div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p>A: No. Solidarity extends to the whole human family.<\/p>\n<p>But it has a particular concern for those who are poor, excluded, marginalized or vulnerable.<\/p>\n<p>Pope Leo XIV states: \u201c<strong>By 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 <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/dilexi-te\/#111\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Dilexi Te, 111)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Solidarity with the poor is therefore not an optional concern added to Christian faith. It belongs to Christian discipleship itself.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/preferential-option-for-the-poor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Learn more about the Preferential Option for the Poor<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_12 et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_item et_pb_toggle_close et_animated et_pb_module et_block_module\"><h3 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Q: Does solidarity apply to governments and nations?<\/h3><div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p>A: Yes. Solidarity begins with persons, but it does not end with them.<\/p>\n<p>Individuals, families, communities, institutions and nations all have responsibilities toward the common good.<\/p>\n<p>Pope St. Paul VI taught that <strong>\u201cthe social question ties all men together, in every part of the world.\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0<a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/populorum-progressio\/#3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Populorum Progressio, 3)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pope Leo XIV carries that teaching forward: \u201cIn a world marked by increasingly close connections between people, communities and nations, solidarity also takes on a global dimension.\u201d\u00a0<a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/magnifica-humanitas\/#76\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Magnifica Humanitas, 76)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pope St. John Paul II likewise taught that \u201cpeace and prosperity\u2026are goods which belong to the whole human race.\u201d <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/centesimus-annus\/#27\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Centesimus Annus, 27)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Solidarity has no natural stopping point short of the whole human family.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_13 et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_item et_pb_toggle_close et_animated et_pb_module et_block_module\"><h3 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Q: What does Pope Leo XIV teach about solidarity?<\/h3><div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p>A: Pope Leo XIV gives the principle of solidarity a major new contemporary treatment in Magnifica Humanitas.<\/p>\n<p>He teaches that solidarity flows from the Christian understanding of the human person and recognizes that our lives and futures are interconnected. But interconnectedness alone is not enough. We become truly solidary when those bonds become a conscious choice to accept responsibility for one another.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pope Leo XIV describes solidarity as both \u201ca principle and a virtue.\u201d<\/strong> As a principle, it recognizes our interdependence; as a virtue, it calls us to a determined commitment to the common good, particularly to those most in need. <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/magnifica-humanitas\/#74\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Magnifica Humanitas, 74-75)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He also joins solidarity closely to subsidiarity, participation and responsibility, and extends it to the challenges of our own time\u2014including technology, data, algorithms and artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>In doing so, Pope Leo XIV does not replace the social teaching of his predecessors. He applies its enduring principles to the circumstances of our own time.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_14 et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_item et_pb_toggle_close et_animated et_pb_module et_block_module\"><h3 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Q: How can Catholics practice solidarity?<\/h3><div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p>A: Catholics practice solidarity by refusing indifference to what happens to others, participating in the communities to which they belong, caring for those who are vulnerable, and accepting responsibility for the common good.<\/p>\n<p>Solidarity touches how we live our family lives, use our possessions, exercise our professions, conduct business and participate in civic life.<\/p>\n<p>For Christians, solidarity is not simply something we believe.<\/p>\n<p><strong>It is something we do.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_15 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_23 et_pb_row et_block_row et_pb_row_fullwidth\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_39 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_5 et_block_column et_pb_column_empty et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_40 et_pb_column et_pb_column_3_5 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_slider_0 et_pb_slider et_pb_slider_fullwidth_off et_pb_slider_show_image et_pb_module et_block_module three-principles\"><div class=\"et_pb_slides\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_slide_0 et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_text_align_center et_clickable\" data-slide-id=\"divi\/slide-0\"><div class=\"et_pb_container\"><div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\"><div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Three-Principles.png\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Three-Principles.png 500w, https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Three-Principles-480x480.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 500px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-40570 wp-image-33298\" \/><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\"><h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/catholic-social-teaching-principles\/\" target=\"\" class=\"et_pb_slide_title_link\">Three Key Principles<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\">Catholic social teaching is built on three foundational principles -<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Human Dignity<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Solidarity\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Subsidiarity.\u00a0<\/strong>Human Dignity, embodied in a correct understanding of the human person, is the greatest. The others flow from it. Good governments and good economic systems find ways of fostering the three principles.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_slide_1 et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_text_align_center et_clickable\" data-slide-id=\"divi\/slide-1\"><div class=\"et_pb_container\"><div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\"><div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/human-dignity-1.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/human-dignity-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/human-dignity-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" class=\"wp-image-57953\" \/><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\"><h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/human-dignity\/\" target=\"\" class=\"et_pb_slide_title_link\">Human Dignity<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\">This means a correct understanding of the human person and of each person\u2019s unique value. All Catholic social teaching flows from this: the inherent dignity of every person that comes from being made in God\u2019s image.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_slide_2 et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_text_align_center et_clickable\" data-slide-id=\"divi\/slide-2\"><div class=\"et_pb_container\"><div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\"><div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/solidarity-1.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/solidarity-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/solidarity-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" class=\"wp-image-57954\" \/><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\"><h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/solidarity\/\" target=\"\" class=\"et_pb_slide_title_link\">Solidarity<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\">Solidarity is not \u201ca feeling of vague compassion or shallow distress at the misfortunes of others. It is a firm and persevering determination to commit oneself to the common good\u201d. <a class=\"alternate-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/john-paul-ii\/en\/encyclicals\/documents\/hf_jp-ii_enc_30121987_sollicitudo-rei-socialis.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Pope St. John Paul II, 38)<\/a> Love of God and love of neighbor are, in fact, linked and form one, single commandment.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_slide_3 et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_with_image et_pb_media_alignment_center et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_text_align_center et_clickable\" data-slide-id=\"divi\/slide-3\"><div class=\"et_pb_container\"><div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\"><div class=\"et_pb_slide_image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/subsidiarity-1.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/subsidiarity-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/subsidiarity-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" class=\"wp-image-26946\" \/><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\"><h2 class=\"et_pb_slide_title\"><a href=\"\/subsidiarity\/\" target=\"\" class=\"et_pb_slide_title_link\">Subsidiarity<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\">Subsidiarity \u201cis a fundamental principle of social philosophy, fixed and unchangeable, that one should not withdraw from individuals and commit to the community what they can accomplish by their own enterprise and industry. 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