Post-Sinodal Apostolic Exhortation Ecclesia in America, n. 52: Solidarity is thus the fruit of the communion which is grounded in the mystery of the triune God, and in the Son of God who took flesh and died for all. It is expressed in Christian love which seeks the good of others, especially of those most in need”. (195) For the particular Churches of the American continent, this is the source of a commitment to reciprocal solidarity and the sharing of the spiritual gifts and material goods with which God has blessed them.  Taking the Gospel as its starting-point, a culture of solidarity needs to be promoted.

Pope Francis:  The theologian... should be a person capable of building humanity around him, passing on the divine Christian truth in a truly human dimension, and not a talentless intellectual, an ethicist lacking in goodwill or a bureaucrat of the sacred.

Letter of his holiness Pope Francis to the Grand Chancellor of the Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina for the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Faculty of Theology.