Directorium generale pro catechesi

The Church, Mother of mankind, above all, sees with profound sorrow "an innumerable multitude of men and women, children, adults and old people and unique human beings, who suffer misery".^{16SRS 13b; cf. EN 30.} By means of catechesis, in which due emphasis is given to her social teaching, the Church ^{17Cf. CT 29.} desires to stir Christian hearts "to the cause of justice" ^{18SRS 41, cf. 1971 Documents of The Synod of Bishops, II: "Justice in the world" (30 Nov. 1971), III, "The struggle for justice": AAS 43 (1971), pp. 935-937; and LC 77.} and to a "preferential option or love for the poor",^{19SRS 41. Cf. ChL 42; TMA 51; CCC 2444-2448.} so that her presence may really be light that shines and salt that cures.