The Challenge of Poverty week: Sunday.

Excerpts from the Apostolic Exhortation EVANGELII GAUDIUM of Pope Francis

• Sunday 7th October
  200. Since this Exhortation is addressed to members of the Catholic Church, I want
  to say, with regret, that the worst discrimination which the poor suffer is the lack of
  spiritual care. The great majority of the poor have a special openness to the faith;
  they need God and we must not fail to offer them his friendship, his blessing, his
  word, the celebration of the sacraments and a journey of growth and maturity in the
  faith. Our preferential option for the poor must mainly translate into a privileged and
  preferential religious care.
  201. …none of us can think we are exempt from concern for the poor and for social
  justice….
  203. The dignity of each human person and the pursuit of the common good are
  concerns which ought to shape all economic policies.