A Warning

I'm not a Catholic, but if the evangelical church doesn't learn in the coming economic crisis how to do this well, we will go extinct. The Catholic church during the great depression became a powerhouse by helping the poor and when times got better the legacy gifts to the church were a huge harvest. It will happen again in Italy. Helping the poor and suffering isn't just a good thing to do, it is a kingdom principle. Let's not miss it.

Economic crisis tests Italian family, Church opens doors

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ROME (Reuters) - In happier times, ice-cream seller Antonio Siracusa would have considered turning to relatives for help when he lost his job in a cinema in Rome. But these are not happy times. So Siracusa chooses to go to a free canteen run by Christians in the district of Trastevere for dinner, an...