Cross Catholic Outreach

Delivering food, shelter, and hope to the poorest of the poor

Delivering food, shelter and hope to the poorest of the poor.

World Day for the Poor

Pope Francis established World Day for the Poor in 2016.
Pope Francis (pictured during the Divine Mercy Sunday Mass with Monsignor Diego Giovanni Ravelli) established World Day for the Poor in 2016.

This November, the Catholic Church will commemorate World Day for the Poor, an observance established by Pope Francis six years ago to put the care and service of others into the hearts and minds of Catholics around the world.

For each year’s World Day for the Poor, the Holy Father selects a theme — and this year he chose “For Your Sake, Christ Became Poor.”

Pope Francis began his message to the universal Church by reminding us of 2 Corinthians 8:9, where the Apostle Paul encouraged his readers to show humility and solidarity toward their brothers and sisters in need, just as Christ did for each of us.

More than 2,000 years after St. Paul’s words were written, that message is as timely as ever and inspires all of us at Cross Catholic Outreach to stand in solidarity with the poor through the Corporal Works of Mercy.

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Monsignor Ted Bertagni

Monsignor Ted Bertagni

Monsignor Bertagni is the Director of Clergy and Diocesan Relations for Cross Catholic Outreach, He was ordained a priest in 1978 in Omaha, NE and invested as Monsignor in 1999. He was a Conventual Franciscan in Our Lady of Consolation Province and is presently incardinated into the Diocese of Mandeville Jamaica. Msgr. Bertagni has an international background having studied and lived in Europe and Caribbean. He holds STL and STD degrees from Sant’ Anselmo, the Pontifical Liturgical Institute in Rome. He served 20 years as a parish priest, pastor and professor, before dedicating himself full time to the service of the poor. In 2016, he was commissioned as a Missionary of Mercy by Pope Francis.