.- In
his weekly pastoral letter, Archbishop Agustin Garcia-Gasco of
Valencia, Spain, said greater charity must be shown to those families
that are most in need, for while “the working class was considered the
poor in the past, today’s poor are the families.”
In his letter,
the archbishop warns that in today’s world, “Choosing to have a family
and raise kids is seen by many as way of ending up poor.”
“Families are
the poor of our time,” he said, noting that “all of us can contribute
to establishing social changes so that the right to have a family is a
reality.” “There are many countries that have policies harmful to
families,” he warned.
Therefore,
Archbishop Garcia-Gasco said the practice of charity towards needy
families “must not be left out” of the V World Meeting of Families,
which will take place in Valencia in July.
He praised the
attitude of many families in Valencia who “have opened their hearts and
their homes to welcome pilgrims from all over the world with whom they
will share their homes and their meals.” He also noted that the
“wave of generosity is spreading so that Christians of third-world
countries can be present at the meeting and share the testimony of
their own experiences.”
Works of charity
“are an essential task of the Church that cannot be overlooked by any
Christian.” The archbishop said the meeting of families in
Valencia would be an important opportunity to develop new “attitudes,
policies and legislative efforts that truly address the material needs
of families.”
Archbishop says families are ‘the poor of today’, deserve greater charity
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