The Harsh Realities of the Poor
President of Brazil and Pope greet one another at airport.
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One woman who lives in poverty is convinced church leaders talk too much, and don’t do enough. This is one of the many sentiments the Pope will face in Brazil where there is a stark, painful, and glaring contrast between rich and poor people.‘TALK TOO MUCH’
A few miles away, 28-year-old Silvana de Jesus was cooking over a fire in a squatter camp where 12,000 people live in tents made of black plastic sheets.
“I think they talk too much and do too little,” the unemployed mother-of-five said of church leaders. “His visit doesn’t matter if they don’t change their posture with the poor. I myself didn’t even know he was coming.” (News.Scotsman.com - May 10, 2007)
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