Lesson 16

• The Church love for the poor is inspired by the Gospel of the Beatitudes, by the poverty of Jesus and his attention to the poor.
• The 8 Beatitudes of Jesus
• The Church teaches that one should assist one’s fellow man in his various needs and fills the human community with countless works of corporal and spiritual works of mercy.
• The corporal works of mercy are concrete actions that respond to the needs of the poor and the hungry.
• CST - Catholic Social Teaching

  Doctrines of the Church that respond to the need of modern society particularly those affecting the dignity of the human person.