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Dilexi te”, León XIV.The poor are not a social problem,

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It is necessary that “we all allow ourselves to be evangelized by the poor,” the Pope exhorts (102). “Christians cannot consider the poor merely as a social problem; they are a ‘family matter,’ they are ‘one of us.’” Consequently, “our relationship with them cannot be reduced to an activity or an office of the Church” (104).