He said:
"When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a communist."

He also said:
"My socialism is special, it's a socialism that respects the human person and goes back to the Gospels. My socialism is justice."

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Dom Hélder Câmara died on 27 August 1999. He was was a Brazilian Catholic archbishop and a self-identified socialist. Câmara was an advocate of liberation theology. He did social and political work for the poor and for human rights and democracy during the military regime. Câmara preached for a church closer to the disfavoured people. 1/2

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