We see “the poor” all around us – sometimes in surprising ways and places (thus my use in quotes) – Here’s an interesting link and vid produced by the  . . . decidedly “conservative” Acton Institute – while I’m not 100% behind some of the conclusions presented in the video it is thought provoking, and worth consideration.

Lord Acton – you might recal was a very close friend of Döllinger’s in the 19th century, and both were important figures in the period surrounding Vatican I.