Pope Leo XIV, in his message for the World Day of the Poor, invites the Church to an examination of conscience: “Are we a sign of a God who is a refuge for the poor?”
“God shows a preference for the poor: the Lord’s words of hope and liberation are addressed first of all to them. The Church, if she wants to be Christ’s Church, must be a Church of the Beatitudes, one that makes room for the little ones and walks poor with the poor, a place where the poor have a privileged place”