Parolin: The Social Principles of the Church, “Ethical Compass”

Isabella H. De Carvalho – the Vatican city

The social doctrine of the Church does not provide “quick solutions or utopian promises”, but “Khaled’s framework” to face challenges and divisions in the contemporary world, which enhances the “dignity of everyone” and “public good”. According to the Cardinal Petro Parolin, Minister of State for the Holy See, this is the contribution that the Church can submit to social and economic issues that affect and divide current societies, as explained yesterday, Friday, May 16, 2025, during its speech at the International Conference of the International Conference of the International Conference of the International Conference of the International Conference Fundacion Centesimus for Pope. In line with the topic of business, held at the Patriarchal Patriarchal Institute, Augustom, the purple explained how the social doctrine of the Church can “contribute to strengthening global governance and overcoming polarization.”

“At the time of divisions – political, cultural and ideological – we are at a crossroads,” Parolin said. “Global challenges such as climate change, economic inequality, immigration and technological progress such as artificial intelligence require cooperation, but they often prevail in distrust and fragmentation.”

The social heritage of the church, “the roots in the Bible and the centuries of thinking”, depends on universal principles that are not exclusive to Catholics, so it can be “an ethical compass for building fair societies.” He added at the base of the Catholic social doctrine, there is “a conviction that every person is important, and that we call for living as brothers and sisters, and that our world is a gift that we must take care of.”

Overcoming the mentality of “We are against them”

“Whether it is populism against globalization, traditions against progress, or right against the left, our world is divided into the type” we are against them “, they noticed the Cardinal, while also highlighting how social networks tend to amplify these phenomena.

The social doctrine of the Church, on the other hand, explained the Foreign Minister, also citing the coordination of Pope Francis, All brothersand He wants to “overcome” differences, and insists on searching for the truth, but with humility and dialogue “he seeks to understand, not victory.”

The social education of the Church also depends on “solidarity”, which “is not just a slogan”, but “an invitation to identify our common humanity,” continued the Cardinal. For example, during the Covid-19 pandemic, “Rich countries accumulated vaccines while the poor were in difficulties.” “Solidarity would give priority to a fair access, not for the sake of feeling guilty, but because the health world benefits everyone,” he repeated the Cardinal.

For paraloin, the environmental crisis can help overcome polarization because it is an issue that “knows the borders or ideologies: it affects everyone.” The Minister of Foreign Affairs said, “Creativity of creation, is” an ethical necessity rooted in the reservation “and can join both conservatives and progressive if the initiatives focus on joint efforts, such as re -embarrassment or renewable energy.”

Promote global governance

In addition to helping to overcome polarization, the social doctrine of the Church can also enhance global governance, which currently crosses a “legitimate crisis”. Cardinal said: “Governance is not just a bureaucracy: it relates to directing human societies towards justice, peace and doing well.” After all, “continued the course”, for the church, every individual was created “in the image of God” which is “gave in an inappropriate dignity”, which opposes any vision “that reduces people to simple economic tools or pieces of political chess.”

In this sense, the Foreign Minister stressed that the global rule must “must” give priority to the most vulnerable – reprimand, poor, the elderly, not the newborn – above power or economic benefits. “This must be done with the aim of” public good “, which” balances individual rights with collective responsibilities “. Purple.

“Imagine a world that is not seen to overlook the debts of the poorest countries as a charitable institution, but as a joint investment in global stability,” Pardine suggested. In this line, he also stressed the importance of a balance between “dependent” and “solidarity”, so that global governance is not “central or fragmented” and avoids falling into “authoritarian or ineffective” forms.