Quote of the Day

"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, Dom Helder Camara: Essential Writings

Hélder Pessoa Câmara (February 7, 1909 - August 27, 1999) was a Brazilian Catholic archbishop. A self-identified socialist, he was the Archbishop of Olinda and Recife, serving from 1964 to 1985, during the military dictatorship in Brazil. He was declared a Servant of God in 2015. Câmara was an advocate of liberation theology.