Catechism Paragraph 2444
Part 3:
LIFE IN CHRIST
Section 2: THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
Chapter 2: YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF
Article 7: THE SEVENTH COMMANDMENT
Section 2: THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
Chapter 2: YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF
Article 7: THE SEVENTH COMMANDMENT
"The Church's love for the poor . . . is a part of her constant tradition." This love is inspired by the Gospel of the Beatitudes, of the poverty of Jesus, and of his concern for the poor.[234] Love for the poor is even one of the motives for the duty of working so as to "be able to give to those in need."[235] It extends not only to material poverty but also to the many forms of cultural and religious poverty.[236]
š Footnotes
[234]
CA 57; cf. Lk 6:20-22, Mt 8:20; Mk 12:41-44.
[235]
Eph 4:28.
[236]
Cf. CA 57.