In his homily at Tuesday morning Mass at the Santa Marta residence in the Vatican he emphasized, “We are all responsible for one another, especially for the poor and needy, even though we often try to back out of this duty,” Breitbart News reported.

Francis said Christians try to ease their conscience “a little by giving alms, as long as it does not hurt too much,” because they fear that “with these social things the Church ends up looking like the Communist Party, and this bothers us.”

“Fine, but it was the Lord who said, ‘Where is your brother?’ Not the party, the Lord,” the pope said. ...