Church Quote by Pope Francis

Those who are marginal in the world are central in the Church, and that is how it is supposed to be! Thus we are…

— Henri Nouwen

“It is true that the church must be in many places and with many people, but it is the poor who will reveal to…

— Gary Smith

The Church will always be renewed when our attention shifts from ourselves to those who need our care. The blessing of Jesus always comes…

— Henri Nouwen

“It would take many centuries before Christian preachers started to teach that when Christ said, 'Blessed are the poor for theirs in the Kingdom…

— Norman F. Cantor

Each individual Christian and every community is called to be an instrument of God for the liberation and promotion of the poor.

— Pope Francis

The Church is likewise conscious of the responsibility which all of us have for our world, for the whole of creation, which we must…

— Pope Francis

All I know is, if I don't care about the poor, if my church doesn't care about the poor, that's evil.

— Timothy Keller

“The Church risks irrelevance when it makes central God's preference for the poor and not His universal favor toward the poor in spirit.”

— Gilbert Mylender

“It is important to think about the Church not as "over there" but as a community of struggling, weak people of whom we are…

— Henri J.M. Nouwen

The Church exists to connect people at the level of their hunger for a new world.

— Rowan Williams

“Non-churchgoers tend to see Christians as takers rather than givers. When Christians sacrifice and give wildly to the poor, that is truly a light…

— Francis Chan

“First, an urban church’s work among the poor will be a significant mark of its validity. It is one of the “good deeds” that…

— Timothy Keller