Stop saying those who care for poor are communists - pope

(ANSA) - ROME, OCT 25 - People should stop saying that religious who care for the poor are communists, Pope Francis said Friday.
    "Please, the poor cannot be a number, cannot be a problem or even worse, a waste. He is our brother, he is flesh of our flesh", Francis said at the assembly of the diocese of Rome on inequalities, in the Basilica of St. John Lateran.
    "And please, let's not say that priests, nuns who work with the poor are communists! Please, this is still said", warned the 87-year-old Argentine pontiff. (ANSA).