Pope Francis: ‘Christian Charity is Not Simple Philanthropy’

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Pope Francis in the article says
“But beware,” he said, “it is indispensable and praiseworthy that the pastoral care of our communities be open to many forms of poverty and crises, which are everywhere. Charity is always the high road of the journey of faith, of the perfection of faith. But it is necessary that works of solidarity, the works of charity that we carry out, not divert us from contact with the Lord Jesus.”
I think this is an important warning in our day. Msgr. Charles Pope wrote an interesting article expounding on this idea some years ago:

 
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