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When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why they are poor, they call me a communist.

— Hélder Câmara

Quando dou comida aos pobres, chamam-me de santo. Quando pergunto por que eles são pobres, chamam-me de comunista.

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Cited in Zildo Rocha, Helder, O Dom: uma vida que marcou os rumos da Igreja no Brasil (Helder, the Gift: A Life that Marked the Course of the Church in Brazil), p. 53, Editora Vozes, 2000, ISBN 978-85-326-2213-6. | As quoted in Peace Behind Bars : A Peacemaking Priest's Journal from Jail (1995) by John Dear, p. 65.

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