Due regard being had for local conditions, religious communities should readily offer a quasi-collective witness to poverty and gladly use their own goods for other needs of the Church and the support of the poor whom all religious should love after the example of Christ (cf. Matt. 19:21, 25:34-46 James 2:15-16; 1 John 3:17).
Mashirika yenyewe, kwa kuzingatia mazingira ya mahali, yafanye bidii ili kutoa ushuhuda – kama kwa pamoja – wa umaskini, na kwa hiari watoe sehemu za mali zao kwa ajili ya mahitaji mengine ya Kanisa na kwa msaada kwa maskini, ambao watawa wote watakiwa kuwapenda kwa upendo wa Kristo (taz. Mt 19:21; 25:34-46; Yak 2:15-16; 1Yoh 3:17).