Pope Paul VI on charitable tax deductions

Hovannes · Post by **Hovannes** » 27 Dec 2022, 17:25

"In America, you are not required to offer food to the hungry or shelter the homeless. There is no ordinance forcing you to visit the lonely, or comfort the infirmed. No where in the Constitution does it say you have to provide clothing to the poor. In fact, one of the nicest things about living here in America, is that you really don't have to do anything for anybody. But when you do, you give meaning and provide soul to the concept of community...and develop a sense of purpose to something greater than one's self."
---Pope Paul VI

Wosbald · Post by **Wosbald** » 27 Dec 2022, 17:41

+JMJ+

I'd check that quote again. Cuz, with a cursory search, the only place I'm finding it is on "A-Z Quotes" and, more tellingly, on a site called "Apple Seeds", which attributes it to a Class-of-'96 school theme from Paul VI High School in Fairfax, VA.

Hovannes · Post by **Hovannes** » 27 Dec 2022, 20:14

Interesting.

FredS · Post by **FredS** » 28 Dec 2022, 10:24

"The problem with quotes from the internet is that you never know if they're correctly attributed."
- - - Abraham Lincoln

Bloodhound · Post by **Bloodhound** » 28 Dec 2022, 10:43