Francis mentioned today’s Mass for World Day of the Poor and lunch with "indigent people" in Pope Paul VI Hall. "None of us can escape” the moment when we meet Jesus. " Shrewdness" and "the power of money and economic means" will be useless.
| 18/11/2018
| VATICAN
Pope Francis led Mass today in St Peter, the second World Day of the Poor. Some 6,000 poor people were present, along with volunteers, assistants, and representatives of charities. Working for the poor “is not a sociological option; it is a theological requirement”. For the pontiff, “Injustice is the perverse root of poverty. The daily cry of the poor becomes stronger but heard less.” Conversely, “Jesus demands [. . .] to give to those who have nothing to give back, to love gratuitously.”
| 18/11/2018
| VATICAN