Pope Francis’ recent apostolic exhortation is a call to the faithful to put the most deprived at the heart of the faith community. Here, the Archbishop of Westminster describes how his diocese has made a priority of those who experience a want of spiritual as well as physical nourishment We are often beset, as we approach Christmas, with a jumble of conflicting emotions and thoughts: the promise of a glorious and joyful festival so often pock-marked by disappointment, excess and even conflict. Let Pope Francis guide us: “God’s heart has a special place for the poor, so much so that he himself ‘became poor’ (2 Corinthians 8:9). The entire history of our redemption is marked by the presence of the poor. Salvation came to us from the ‘yes’ uttered b