Approach Quote by Peter Maurin

The pope [Francis] speaks with great passion about the shame we should all feel when, as he puts it, "a man does not have…

— George Weigel

“And St. Francis added: "My dear and beloved Brother, the treasure of blessed poverty is so very precious and divine that we are not…

— St. Francis of Assisi

I think Pope Francis is a guy who comes from a certain place in the world, and that shapes how he processes things. He's…

— Bill O'Reilly

Money must serve, not rule! The Pope loves everyone, rich and poor alike, but he is obliged in the name of Christ to remind…

— Pope Francis

“The Catholic Church built and ran hospitals, schools, and centres for the poor and unemployed generations before the secular state became involved, and even…

— Michael Coren

“Learning about Poverty’. ‘Two young American Jesuits showed up at the Jesuit headquarters in Rome. Father Arrupe asked what assignment had brought them there.…

— Anonymous

“As we draw on the grace of God He increases voluntary poverty all along the line. Always give the best you have got every…

— Oswald Chambers

“Remember, Christ willed to be born poor, and He chose disciples who were living, for the most part, in poverty. Christ made Himself a…

— Joni Eareckson Tada

“What Francis heard on February 24, 1208, was this: go and preach, even without formation or ordination! No gold, no silver, no money not…

— Dorothee Soelle

“In his encyclical Deus caritas est, Benedict XVI correctly recalls that “Christian charitable activity must be independent of parties and ideologies. It is not…

— Robert Sarah

“We Catholics have not only to do our best to keep down our own warring passions and live decent lives, which will often be…

— Ronald A. Knox

Our efforts cannot and should not substitute for just public policies and effective programs to meet the needs of the hungry...Money, food, and time…

— John Ricard