An earthquake survivor carries his belongings August 6 in China's Yunnan province. As Chinese authorities raised the official death toll from the August 3, 2014, quake, Pope Francis offered public prayers for the victims and their families. (CNS photo/Wu Hong, EPA)
"Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well-warmed and well-fed"
- Herman Melville, American author and poet (1819-1891), from "Poor Man's Pudding and Rich Man's Crumbs," published in Harper's Monthly Magazine,June 1854.
