He argued that remaining in poverty after coming to Christ reflects a lack of spiritual understanding. Ibiyeomie said, “Jesus never visited any poor person in his house, check your bible.

Jesus Chooses Poverty. When we speak of the poor and vulnerable in Catholic social teaching, unavoidably we look to Jesus himself. It begins and ends with him. St. Paul writes that for our sake, ...

The New Poor People’s Campaign, of which Dr. Liz Theoharis and Dr. William Barber are National Co-Chairs, will not just commemorate the 2018 50th anniversary of Dr. King’s Poor People’s ...

Pope Francis celebrates Christmas Eve Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican in this Dec. 24, 2020, file photo. The pope will celebrate Christmas Eve Mass at 7:30 p.m. as he did in 2020 ...

The question has been roiling Christian commentators on social media in recent days, with many on the left arguing that of course Jesus would be outraged by sharp cuts in assistance to the poor ...

The goal for Christians should be not the elimination of poverty—Jesus said that is futile, anyway—but actually to encourage more of it. Through poverty, we become less attached to our own ...

“Jesus was born poor, lived poor, and died poor,” Francis said. “He did not so much talk about poverty as live it, to the very end, for our sake.” ...

"It's historically inaccurate to say that Jesus was poor," says Bishop Johnathan Alvarado, senior pastor of Total Grace Christian Center in Decatur, Ga. Alvarado's church has 4,000 members who ...

WASHINGTON (RNS) Jesus told the rich young ruler to sell all his possessions and give the money to the poor. Surely comfortable churchgoers must do more than say, “Be more like me.” ...