The poor should not be seen only as beneficiaries. They must also be participants in the process of identifying the most urgent needs: Pope Francis
Selvaraj Soosaimanikam – Vatican
We must grow as a group of Good Samaritans, by traveling the united path, seeing Christ in people, touching the wounds of His suffering pure body, comforting them, and engaging in work. That is what Pope Francis has asked the Papirai Biranbud charity.
This is what Pope Francis said this Friday, September 16, when he responded to the members of the Populorum Progressio Institute for the Creation of the Populorum Progressio Fund.
Pope Francis has expressed his gratitude to those who have worked for the past thirty years for the development of this Piraranbu charity organization and requested them to continue its work and continue to establish it as Papirai Piraranbu charity organization even though the organization has now taken a new form.
Pointing out that many families in Latin America and the Caribbean live in inhumane conditions, Pope Francis pointed out that as the final document Aparecida points out, the marginalized are not only the exploited but also the small business owners.
Explaining that such efforts of our unity show that the ways of change are possible, Pope Francis expressed the hope that if these efforts are carried out intelligently and continuously, they will inspire many.
Pope Francis has pointed out that the reforms we are carrying out in the administrative headquarters of the Church have also revealed various changes in the collection of ecclesiastical principles called Praedicate Evangelium, and Populorum Progressio is one of them.
Populorum Progressio, a papal philanthropic organization that has reached 30 years of age, has been working for the benefit of the poor in the Americas, according to the wishes of Pope Paul VI and confirmed by Pope John Paul II.
Pope Paul VI established a fund on March 26, 1969, the second anniversary of his apostolic encyclical Populorum Progressio, to help poor farmers and promote agrarian reform, social justice, and peace in Latin America.