Solidarity...is A Structural Value Of The Social

The Earth, Our Home, Is Beginning To Look More And More Like An Immense Pile Of Filth.

Love Is More Powerful, Love Gives Life, Love Makes Hope Blossom In The Wilderness.

The Great Challenge Facing Us Today Is To Learn Once Again How To Talk To One Another, Not Simply How To Generate And Consume Information. The Latter Is A Tendency Which Our Important And Influential Modern Communications Media Can Encourage. Information Is Important, But It Is Not Enough. All Too Often Things Get Simplified, Different Positions And Viewpoints Are Pitted Against One Another, And People Are Invited To Take Sides, Rather Than To See Things As A Whole.

The Church Is Called To Draw Near To Every Person, Beginning With The Poorest And Those Who Suffer.

Human Beings Are Themselves Considered Consumer Goods To Be Used And Then Discarded. We Have Created A 'disposable' Culture Which Is Now Spreading. It Is No Longer Simply About Exploitation And Oppression, But Something New.