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Serving Your Community
INTRODUCTION
In 1830, philosopher Auguste Comte dened the term altruism as the
act of selessly caring for others without a concern for self. All of the
major world religions promote altruism as a very important moral value.
Altruism was central to the teachings of Jesus found in the Gospel. Pope
Francis addressed the crowd at World Youth Day in 2013 by saying,
“emeasure of the greatness of a society is found in the way it treats
those most in need, those who have nothing apart from their poverty!”
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One of the duties of a Muslim is care for the needy. e Buddhist’s Dharma
teaches that the path to enlightenment is ...