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Superpowers at war add to the world’s poor, pope says in message

War produces tremendous poverty, and its violence strikes those who are defenseless and vulnerable, Pope Francis said.

Assisi pilgrimage with the poor: Pope Francis calls for open hands, open hearts

With a pilgrim’s staff and mantle, Pope Francis entered Assisi’s Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels with 500 economically or socially disadvantaged people and the volunteers who walk alongside them.

Selfish, materialistic lifestyles help fuel poverty, pope says in message

Poverty is the result of people’s selfishness; it is not “fate” or the fault of the poor, Pope Francis said.

Helping the poor is not a papal fad, but a duty, pope says

As the rich get richer, the increasing misery and cries of the poor are ignored every day, Pope Francis said. “We Christians cannot stand with arms folded in indifference” or thrown up in the air in helpless resignation, the pope said in his homily Nov. 18, the World Day of the Poor.

Renew My Church grouping gathers to help the poor

About 70 people, mostly parents with school-age children, made short work of sorting and packing food for Thanksgiving dinner for dozens of families on Nov. 18.

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