They Know the Suffering Christ.

POOR people; CATHOLIC Church & society; POVERTY -- Religious aspects; FRANCIS, Pope, 1936-; HUMILITY in religion; CHRISTOLOGY; CATHOLIC Christian sociology; MERCY; CATHOLIC Church

The article discusses a Roman Catholic perspective on the role of poor people in the church. Topics include the views of Roman Catholic Pope Francis on Catholic social teaching and the preferential option for the poor, the relation of poverty to religious figure Jesus Christ, and the importance of characteristics such as mercy and humility in the church as body of Christ.