Sr Christina of the Missionaries of Charity walks with a man to the order’s soup kitchen in the South Bronx, New York. Photo: OSV News/Gregory A. Shemitz. It was fitting that I should have first become aware of World Day of the Poor (WDP) when visiting Assisi some years ago. Initiated by Pope Francis, and continued by Pope Leo, the 10th WDP is on Sunday, November 15. It was in Assisi Railway Station while awaiting a train to Rome that I read…
