There’s an entire global psyop happening now that is trying to make it seem like ending poverty is the entire point of Christianity, and it’s not. Nothing could be further from the truth! That’s what “the poor you will always have with you” means. For one thing, Jesus was saying that it can’t be “fixed.” For another, Jesus was pointing out the self righteousness of trying to pretend that this the highest moral good.
The Pope is heretically wrong with his language here. “Either we’re all ‘saved’ or no one is?” Are you serious? “Saved?” The whole message of Paul on the day of Pentecost came down to, “Save yourselves from this untoward generation.” Christianity is a personal salvation, not a global thing. So, yeah, someone better be “biblesplaining” to the Pope, because he’s wrong in several ways here.
Also, yes, this Twitter exchange is very old, but it’s making rounds on social media, and that further underscores my point about it being a global psyop. The liberal elite are trying to get Christians to be cool with letting immigrants walk all over them in every Western country, corrupt the culture, and obliterate the crime statistics, all while they are forced to pay for the whole thing.
So, yes, while it’s a good Christian “work” to help the poor, it’s not the sole “work” of the Christian or the church, and it’s certainly not something that the government should be forcing us to pay taxes for, to do it in bulk for literally the entire world.