I think we need to remember that ever since Vatican II ... our teachings have been stressing that we need to do more than give from our "surplus".  Given some people's problems with Pope Francis, let us look at a passage from an encyclical from the one so many of Francis critics call "great" - St. John Paul II - 1991 Centesimus annus (58)" It is not merely a matter of 'giving from one's surplus' but of helping entire peoples which are recently excluded or marginalized to enter into the sphere of economic and human development. for this to happen - requires above all a change of life-styles, of models of production and consumption, and of the established structures of power which today govern societies".  The American arm of the Vatican's Caritas Internationalis is Catholic Relief Services.  However, unlike the Caritas Canada - it has no education and advocacy function.  We need to change our societies at the root ... according to our teachings so that all may have live with dignity.