“The poor are above all persons, and their faces conceal that of Christ himself. They are his flesh, signs of his crucified body, and we have the duty to reach them. They have to build a world where God is recognized as love, justice and peace; where solidarity is em-braced by all, so there are no more excluded, exploited or abused; where all people live with dignity and where all of creation is cherished in our common home.In the service of charity is at stake the vision of man, who cannot be reduced to a single aspect but involves the whole human being as a child of God, created in his image.”

Pope Francis told
to the Caritas delegation
at the Vatican
in St Peter’s Basilica