In Centesimus Annus, he designates
solidarity as «one
of the fundamental principles
of the Christian view
of social and political organization,» tracing it back to Leo XIII's notion
of civic friendship as the enduring
bond that unites the often antagonistic relations
of labor and capital in modern society, through Pius XI's concept
of social charity and Paul VI's evocative phrase «civilization
of love.»
An integral part
of the human story, interwoven throughout the fabric
of time, is that food does not only represent nourishment and sustenance, but it is also a tool for
social unity and
solidarity - making, for forging
bonds of community, for pleasure - seeking and satiation.