...questions. In Dom Helder Camara's words, 'When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a communist.' It is the same with pacifism. Anyone who questions whether massive unilateral nuclear rearmament by...

...of Dom Helder Camara's famous remarks was 'When I give food to the poor they call me a saint; when I ask why the poor have no food they call me a communist'. The Communist party as such does exist in many thirdworld countries, but this is vety small compared...

...causes of poverty was not to be contemplated. To put it another way, Helder Camara's oft quoted dictum ('If I give food to the poor they call me a saint;...why the poor have no food they call me a communist') might seem to apply to the New Testament teaching — but only its first part. There is charity in...

...in the week that the book was completed. 'When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a communist.' Dora He/der Camara 1 Community Participation and Empowerment: The Human Face of Structural Adjustment...

...(Gustavo Gutierrez - Liberation theologian) 'When I give food to the poor, thei/ call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a communist.' (Helder Camara - Brazilian bishop) 'The cry of the poor is for justice not charity. Dignity is as important...

...meaning of the experience. Action for Justice When I give food to the poor they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food they call me a Communist. (Dom Helder Camara, Archbishop of Recife, Brazil, quoted in Peacemaking: Day by Day, vol. 2 [Erie,...

...gutter; and on the other hand, Dom Helder Camara, who remarked, 'When I give bread to the poor, people call me a saint. If I ask why the poor have no bread they call me a communist.'1 To ask questions other than how best to care is to risk a sharp drop...

...Dom Helder Camara recognized this strategy: 'When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a communist.' Such religious McCarthyism both relies on and reinforces a powerful binary code which sustains a Christian...

...Helder Camara of Brazil. He once observed: "When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a communist." I learned much about the burdens and hurts of the poor from this good man. Following his example, I...

...Development, and the United Nations System "When I give food to the poor, they call me a Saint. When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a communist." — Dom Holder Camara, Archbishop or Olinda and Recife INTRODUCTION In the Alto de Cruzeiro (the Summit...