Call for an authentic "Church of the poor".(Vatican)

Catholic Insight | November 1, 2003 | Copyright

Castel Gandolfo -- John Paul II says the Catholic Church should be a "Church of the poor" that practises a preferential but not exclusive option for the neediest.

The Pope expressed this conviction when he met with a group of bishops from the Philippine provinces of Cagayan de Oro, Cotabato, Davao, Lipa, Ozamis and Zamboanga on September 25.

According to the Pope, such a Church is "a community of faith that embraces and practises the evangelical spirit of poverty, which combines detachment from possessions with a profound trust in the Lord as the sole ...

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