Show Notes
“A great river of poverty is traversing our cities." Join Archbishop Smith as he talks about why Pope Francis instituted the annual World Day of the Poor, the (strange) Book of Tobit that Pope Francis wants us to reflect upon for this year’s World Day of the Poor, and what it means when Catholic social teaching talks about the “preferential option for the poor.” Links: Pope Francis letter for World Day of the Poor 2023: https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/messages/poveri/documents/2...
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