{"id":14406,"date":"2021-11-13T13:00:02","date_gmt":"2021-11-13T12:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pddm.org\/?p=14406"},"modified":"2026-01-23T11:12:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T10:12:25","slug":"jpic-v-giornata-mondiale-poveri-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pddm.org\/en\/jpic-v-giornata-mondiale-poveri-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"World day of the poor"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;24px&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Fifth World Day of the Poor<\/h3>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">14 november 2021<\/h4>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><em><strong>\u00a0\u201cThe poor you will always have with you\u201d<\/strong><\/em> (<i>Mk<\/i>\u00a014:7). This is a summons never to lose sight of every opportunity to do good. Behind it, we can glimpse the ancient biblical command: \u201cIf one of your brothers and sisters\u2026 is in need, you shall not harden your heart nor close your hand to them in their need. Instead, you shall open your hand to them and freely lend them enough to meet their need\u2026 When you give to them, give freely and not with ill will; for the Lord, your God, will bless you for this in all your works and undertakings. For the needy will never be lacking in the land\u2026\u201d (<i>Deut<\/i>\u00a015:7-8, 10-11). \u00a0In a similar vein, the Apostle Paul urged the Christians of his communities to come to the aid of the poor of the first community of Jerusalem and to do so \u201cwithout sadness or compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver\u201d (<i>2 Cor<\/i>\u00a09:7). It is not a question of easing our conscience by giving alms, but of opposing the culture of indifference and injustice we have created with regard to the poor.<\/p>\n<p>(&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p>It is my hope that the celebration of the\u00a0<i>World Day of the Poor<\/i>, now in its fifth year, will grow in our local Churches and inspire a movement of evangelization that meets the poor personally wherever they may be.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>Pope Francis, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/messages\/poveri\/documents\/20210613-messaggio-v-giornatamondiale-poveri-2021.html\"><em>Message for the World Day of the Poor<\/em>\u00a02021<\/a><\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;12px&#8221;][vc_btn title=&#8221;Spazio GPIC&#8221; color=&#8221;primary&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; link=&#8221;url:http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pddm.org%2Fjpic|||&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;24px&#8221;][vc_column_text] Fifth World Day of the Poor 14 november 2021 \u00a0\u201cThe poor you will always have with you\u201d (Mk\u00a014:7). This is a summons never to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":14404,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72,52],"tags":[73,74],"class_list":["post-14406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-jpic-pddm-en","category-news-en","tag-jpic-en","tag-pddm-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pddm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pddm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pddm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pddm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pddm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14406"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pddm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35636,"href":"https:\/\/www.pddm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14406\/revisions\/35636"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pddm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pddm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pddm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pddm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}