The poor and the Church

Like every human organization the Church is constantly in danger of
corruption. As soon as power and wealth come to the Church,
manipulation, exploitation, misuse of influence, and outright
corruption are not far away. How do we prevent corruption in the
Church? The answer is clear: by focusing on the poor. The poor make the
Church faithful to its vocation. When the Church is no longer a church
for the poor, it loses its spiritual identity. It gets caught up in
disagreements, jealousy, power games, and pettiness. Paul says, “God
has composed the body so that greater dignity is given to the parts
which were without it, and so that there may not be disagreements
inside the body but each part may be equally concerned for all the
others” (1 Corinthians 12:24-25). This is the true vision. The poor are
given to the Church so that the Church as the body of Christ can be and
remain a place of mutual concern, love, and peace.

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