"Not to enable the poor to share in our goods is to steal from them and deprive them of life. The goods we possess are not ours, but theirs." ~St. John Chrysostom The Church's love for the poor is a part of her constant tradition. Catholic social teaching emphasizes support for the sick, the poor, and the afflicted through the corporal and spiritual works of mercy. In fact, the Catholic Church is the largest non-government provider of education and medical services in the wo