Pope Francis and poor - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Mon, 15 Nov 2021 01:35:09 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Pope Francis and poor - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Pope: Don't judge the poor, often victims of injustice https://cathnews.co.nz/2021/11/15/pope-dont-judge-the-poor-often-victims-of-injustice/ Mon, 15 Nov 2021 06:50:28 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=142357 Pope Francis decried societies which rush indifferently past the poor, often judging them instead of helping them, as he celebrated Sunday Mass in St Peter's Basilica attended by 2,000 indigent people. During his homily, Francis also made an appeal against what he called "growing indifference" to the poor, who, he said, are often forced into Read more

Pope: Don't judge the poor, often victims of injustice... Read more]]> Pope Francis decried societies which rush indifferently past the poor, often judging them instead of helping them, as he celebrated Sunday Mass in St Peter's Basilica attended by 2,000 indigent people.

During his homily, Francis also made an appeal against what he called "growing indifference" to the poor, who, he said, are often forced into poverty by injustice.

Francis has used his papacy since 2013 to draw attention to those living on society's margins. The Catholic Church dedicated the day to the world's poor.

"We are part of a history marked by tribulation, violence, suffering and injustice, ever awaiting a liberation that never seems to arrive," Francis said. "Those who are most wounded, oppressed and even crushed, are the poor, the weakest links in the chain."

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Pope: Don't judge the poor, often victims of injustice]]> 142357 Pope pledges to continue being a 'pest' in defence of the poor https://cathnews.co.nz/2021/10/18/pope-pledges-to-continue-being-a-pest-in-defence-of-the-poor/ Mon, 18 Oct 2021 06:53:17 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=141557 Pope Francis said on Saturday he realises some people, including within the Church, consider him to be "a pest" for defending the poor and most vulnerable, but that it won't stop him as it is part of Christianity. "Thinking about these situations (of exclusion and inequality), I make a pest of myself with my questions. Read more

Pope pledges to continue being a ‘pest' in defence of the poor... Read more]]> Pope Francis said on Saturday he realises some people, including within the Church, consider him to be "a pest" for defending the poor and most vulnerable, but that it won't stop him as it is part of Christianity.

"Thinking about these situations (of exclusion and inequality), I make a pest of myself with my questions. And I go on asking. And I ask everyone in the name of God," said Francis, Latin America's first pope.

He called on pharmaceutical companies to release patents to make vaccines for COVID-19 more available to the poor, noting that only 3%-4% of the population in some countries had been vaccinated.

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