Let's begin by exploring, from a Catholic perspective, the links between friendship and politics.Three questions come to mind straightaway.
1. If there is a relation between friendship and the political order, what is its basis?2. Is the political order of instrumental value only?3. Does true political order depend on solidarity and subsidiarity?

Please find below a link to a helpful reflection by George Weigel.
https://eppc.org/publications/the-free-and-virtuous-society/

"In the United States, it is often said that Catholic social doctrine is Catholicism's ' best-kept secret.' There is an unfortunate ... As pope, John Paul has added a fourth principle to the foundations of the Church's social doctrine: the principle of solidarity, or what we can call the principle of civic friendship. A society fit for human ...

Let's next turn to an update on Solidarity Party efforts in electoral politics. What's happening with our candidates?