In the Bible poverty is a scandalous condition inimical to human dignity and therefore contrary to the will of God.

Human history is in truth nothing but the history of the slow, uncertain, and surprising fulfillment of the Promise.

So you say you love the poor? Name them.

The complete encounter with the Lord will mark an end to history, but it will take place in history.

If I define my neighbor as the one I must go out to look for, on the highways and byways, in the factories and slums, on the farms and in the mines, then my world changes.

The denunciation of injustice implies the rejection of the use of Christianity to legitimize the established order.

If there is no friendship with them [the poor] and no sharing of the life of the poor, then there is no authentic commitment to liberation, because love exists only among equals.