Justice and solidarity
Justice requires respect for every person’s dignity and the conditions needed for a genuinely human life. Solidarity recognizes that people’s lives are bound together across differences of wealth, nationality, race, and circumstance. Differences in gifts and resources create duties of mutual service, not a justification for contempt. Addressing unjust structures complements direct charity rather than replacing it.
Follow the sources
An original library introduction, with sources for further study. This is a starting point rather than a complete treatment or a finished formation lesson.