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Christ preferred the poor; ever since I have been converted so have I.

Jesus discouraged the accumulation of wealth, worried about its effects on those who had it, and took special pleasure in helping the poor, dedicating his efforts to them. He must have shaken his head at the large gaps between rich and poor throughout ancient Palestine in the first century.

The Pope loves everyone, rich and poor alike, but the Pope has the duty, in Christ's name, to remind the rich to help the poor, to respect them, to promote them.

Since the Church is to be servant to the poor, it is our fault if that wealth is not channeled to help the poor in our world.

All of the religions are looking after the poor. At least leave me alone to look after the rich. I am the rich man's guru.

Television preachers extract money from the poor to live in a style and to indulge in shameful acts which equal or outdo the worst of the Renaissance Popes.

It is a sin to be poor.

It is a wise man that does know the contented man is never poor, whilst the discontented man is never rich.

Satan is wiser now than before, and tempts by making rich instead of poor.