“[I]t is well known that there are many other forms of poverty, especially in modern society – not only economic but cultural and spiritual poverty as well.” (Pope St. John Paul II, 57)
Preferential Option for the Poor Articles
Helping the Poor
“We need to broaden our perspective…We need to grow in a solidarity which ‘would allow all peoples to become the artisans of their destiny'” (Pope Francis, 190)
Structural Poverty and Catholic Social Teaching
Structural poverty is particularly egregious for “those living in conditions opposed to human dignity: those who lack basic rights and needs such as food, water, hygiene, work and the opportunity to develop and grow culturally”. (Pope Francis, 2)
Visit any impoverished town or inner city and it will be clear that material lack is not the key problem.…
By material and economic standards the ten poorest countries are in Africa. Conversely, the ten richest countries are mostly in Europe. But this isn't the…
Poverty is not just material. It is also moral and spiritual. Poverty is an affront to human dignity, and so the Church has always taught…
Capitalism has proven to be the greatest poverty relief program the world has ever known, but Pope Francis echoes that there this is no reason…
“[T]hose oppressed by poverty are the object of a preferential love on the part of the Church which, since her origin…has not ceased to work…
A spirited political debate is taking shape around the world. The issue is whether wealth redistribution or wealth creation should be the more important consideration…
