Not to share one’s goods with the poor is to rob them and to deprive t…

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Not to share one’s goods with the poor is to rob them and to deprive them of life. It is not our goods that we possess, but theirs. ✨ Pope Francis (2016). Care for Creation: A Call for Ecological Conversion, p.36, Orbis Books
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Not to share one’s goods with the poor is to rob them and to deprive them of life. It is not our goods that we possess, but theirs. ✨ Pope Francis (2016). Care for Creation: A Call for Ecological Conversion, p.36, Orbis Books

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