The denunciation of injustice implies the rejection of the use of Christianity to legitimize the established order.

Is the Church fulfilling a purely religious role when by its silence or friendly relationships it lends legitimacy to dictatorial and oppressive government?

In the Bible poverty is a scandalous condition inimical to human dignity and therefore contrary to the will of God.

[Neighbor is] not he whom I find in my path, but rather he in whose path I place myself, he whom I approach and actively seek.

If I define my neighbor as the one I must go out to look for, on the highways and byways, in the factories and slums, on the farms and in the mines, then my world changes.

The imbalance between developed and underdeveloped countries - caused by the relationships of dependence - becomes more acute if the cultural point of view is taken into consideration.

Human history is in truth nothing but the history of the slow, uncertain, and surprising fulfillment of the Promise.