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Option for the poor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The option for the poor or the preferential option for the poor is one of the basic principles of the Catholic Social Teaching tradition. The phrase option for the poor was used by Fr Pedro Arrupe...
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Catholic social teaching - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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As followers of Christ, we are challenged to make a preferential option for the poor, namely, to create conditions for marginalized voices to be heard, to defend the defenseless, and to assess lifestyles, policies and social institutions in terms of their impact on the poor.
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The Notion of Preferential Option for the Poor ... The preferential option for the poor is not an option to exclude the rich from God’s salvation plan. It is an attitude and action to follow Jesus who has proclaimed the Reign of God. The proclamation is an invitation for everybody to become brothers and sisters for all;
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Part of the preferential option means helping the poor to become part of the society through education and training. It also means crafting economic policies that provide sufficient job opportunities and easy legal means to starting new businesses so that more people have access to economic action.
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Father Damien made a total life commitment to the poor long before the church recognised the preferential option for the poor as a pillar of the church's social teaching. The Gospels teach us that as Christians we should give priority to the poor in the way we administer and dispense our resources.
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