Take on poverty of brothers tweets pope

(ANSA) - Vatican City, October 17 - Pope Francis tweeted on World Anti-Poverty Day Thursday that "we ask today for the grace of compassion, the capacity of taking on the poverty of our brothers an sisters. #EndPoverty".
    The pope also recalled the message in the Gospel of Matthew: "I was hungry and you fed me, I was thirsty and you gave me drink".
    Francis has often railed against the injustice of world poverty.