Ahead of the Catholic Campaign for Human Development collection this weekend, read a message from Pope Leo XIV for the World Day of the Poor on Sunday, Nov. 16:
“Helping the poor is a matter of justice before a question of charity. As Saint Augustine observed: ‘You give bread to a hungry person; but it would be better if none were hungry, so that you would have no need to give it away. You clothe the naked, but would that all were clothed and that there be no need for supply this lack’ (In I Ioan., 8:5).
It is my hope, then, that this Jubilee Year will encourage the development of policies aimed at combating forms of poverty both old and new, as well as implementing new initiatives to support and assist the poorest of the poor.”
Read how to help at a local level: https://www.archgh.org/news/cchd-helps-empower-those-in-the-margins-in-houston-and-beyond?ct=t(111125tchdd-831456)
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