This is consistent with the principle of the founders on the preferential option for the poor.

God's 'preferential option for the poor' should not be exclusive, but rather include the rich; insofar as God holds judgment over them also.

In this conference the bishops agreed that the church should take "a preferential option for the poor."

After several generations of the church's siding with the poor, parents saw in the remarks their pastor declaring a preferential option for the middle class.

Therefore, when instituting public policy one must always keep the "preferential option for the poor" at the forefront of one's mind.

In doing so they offer a preferential option for those who are already marginalised and vulnerable, and the most difficult to place.

The education of the young with a preferential option for the poor, the marginalized or the underprivileged in the slum/interior rural areas.

When instituting public policy we must always keep the "preferential option for the poor" at the forefront of our minds.

"In terms of the liberation theology perspective, it was the notion of a preferential option for the poor."

Such a university must take into account the preferential option for the poor.