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 172:   Based on the Vatican II document 
Gaudium et Spes (Church in the world) 
Article 71

 

 

"Private property or some ownership of external goods
confers on everyone a sphere wholly necessary for the autonomy of the person and the family, and it should be regarded as an extension of human freedom"

Everyone is entitled to a home which is "theirs"

Some people have two or more homes.
Other people have no home

Some people have a huge mansion.
Other people exist in a shanty

How can I justify living in luxury
when so much of the world lives in poverty?

This is an issue that Pope Francis is asking all Catholics to take more seriously than in the past

Jesus, you who had no where to lay your head,
please help the rich to live more simply
so that the poor may simply live

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