Having recalled the principles that shine a light on Social Doctrine, I would now like to focus on certain challenges that profoundly shape our way of living today.

The image accompanying these reflections is that of a construction project.

On the one hand, there is the Tower of Babel, where collective effort follows a plan that dominates and ultimately dehumanizes.

On the other hand, there are the ruins of Jerusalem, which under Nehemiah’s direction are rebuilt piece by piece as a project of shared responsibility.

We are called to reflect on the great “construction sites” of our era and ask: What are we building?

As technological development rapidly transforms languages, relationships, institutions and forms of power, we must and can choose which projects to work on and in what manner, so as to safeguard and value the grandeur of humanity that has been given to us as a gift.

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