Vatican City, May 18, 2016 / 08:03 am (CNA/EWTN News).- If we don’t show mercy to others we shouldn’t expect to get it from God, Pope Francis said, stressing that while turning a blind eye to the poor might make life on earth easier, the eternal result will be much different.

“To ignore the poor is to despise God! We must learn this well: to ignore the poor is the despise God,” the Pope said May 18.