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вЂњThe poverty that sets us free, on the other hand, is one that results from a responsible decision to cast off all dead weight and concentrate on what is essentialвЂќ and value вЂњthe treasure that no one can steal from us: true and gratuitous love.вЂќ

When profit is the bottom line, he said, others are seen вЂњsimply as objects to be exploited,вЂќ and вЂњnew forms of slavery emerge and entrap persons who lack alternatives and are forced to accept this toxic injustice simply to eke out a living.вЂќ

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Jesus shows вЂњthere is a poverty that humiliates and kills, and another poverty, ChristвЂ™s own poverty, that sets us free and brings us peace,вЂќ he wrote. The Christian approach to the poor is not a kind of вЂњwelfare mentalityвЂќ or a patronizing activism, but it involves a вЂњsincere and generous concern that makes us approach a poor person as a brother or sister, who lends a hand to help me shake off the lethargy into which I have fallen,вЂќ the pope wrote. вЂњNothing worse could happen to a Christian and to a community than to be dazzled by the idol of wealth, which ends up chaining us to an ephemeral and bankrupt vision of life,вЂќ he wrote. The problem is not money itself, he wrote, but making money the вЂњabsolute and chief purpose in life.вЂќ These situations reveal a weak faith and feeble, myopic hope,вЂќ he wrote. вЂњIt also happens that some Christians, out of excessive attachment to money, remain mired in a poor use of their goods and wealth. One obstacle, however, is вЂњa kind of laxity,вЂќ he said, which includes an attitude of outright indifference to the poor. вЂњSolidarity is sharing the little we have with those who have nothing, so that no one will go without,вЂќ he wrote. The popeвЂ™s message focused on the Christian responsibility to вЂњrespond adequatelyвЂќ and with joy to the needs of the poor so that вЂњnone of our brothers or sisters will lack the necessities of life.вЂќ вЂњHow many others remain in the war zones, living each day with fear and the lack of food, water, medical care and above all human affections?вЂќ The impact can be seen in the вЂњdeportation of thousands of persons, above all young boys and girls, in order to sever their roots and impose on them another identity,вЂќ he wrote, and with the millions of women, children and elderly people вЂњbeing forced to brave the danger of bombs just to find safetyвЂќ elsewhere. вЂњViolence strikes those who are defenseless and vulnerable,вЂќ he wrote.

вЂњWhat great poverty is produced by the senselessness of war!вЂќ the pope said in his message. 13 this year with the theme: вЂњFor your sakes Christ became poor.вЂќ The World Day of the Poor-marked each year on the 33rd Sunday of Ordinary Time-will be celebrated Nov. Tragic scenarios are being reenacted and once more reciprocal extortionate demands made by a few potentates are stifling the voice of a humanity that cries out for peace,вЂќ he wrote. вЂњYet here the situation is even more complex due to the direct intervention of a вЂsuperpowerвЂ™ aimed at imposing its own will in violation of the principle of the self-determination of peoples. The Vatican released the popeвЂ™s message June 14. Anthony of Padua, patron saint of the poor. The war in Ukraine is now one of several regional wars that вЂњfor years have taken a heavy toll of death and destruction,вЂќ the pope said in the message dated June 13, the feast of St. вЂњIn these situations, reason is darkened, and those who feel its effects are the countless ordinary people who end up being added to the already great numbers of those in need,вЂќ the pope said in a message for the World Day of the Poor. War produces tremendous poverty, and its violence strikes those who are defenseless and vulnerable, Pope Francis said.