PHOTOS: Pope Francis shares Vatican lunch with poor

The lunch was organized by the Vatican’s charity office and the Catholic Sant’Egidio community. 

Before the meal, Pope Francis led the weekly Sunday Angelus from a window overlooking St. Peter’s Square. 

He also celebrated a Mass for the poor in St. Peter’s Basilica, in which he called poverty “a scandal.”

“When the Lord returns, he will settle accounts with us and — in the words of St. Ambrose — he will say to us: ‘Why did you allow so many of the poor to die of hunger when you possessed gold to buy food for them? Why were so many slaves sold and mistreated by the enemy, without anyone making an effort to ransom them?’ (De Officiis: PL 16, 148-149).”