As we progress, various shades of meaning and deeper levels of understanding will complement this initial effort.

Once causes are determined, then there is talk of "social injustice" and the privileged begin to resist.

Christendom is not primarily a mental construct. It is above all a fact, indeed the longest historical experience the Church has had. Hence the deep impact it has made on its life and thought.

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

To hope does not mean to know the future, but rather to be open, in an attitude of spiritual childhood, to accepting it as a gift.

The future of history belongs to the poor and exploited.

The world today is experiencing a profound and rapid socio-cultural transformation. But the changes do not occur at a uniform pace, and the discrepancies in the change process have differentiated the various countries and regions of our planet.