09/10/2025
Today, Pope Leo the XIV released his first apostolic exhortation Dilexi Te ("I Have Loved You"). This first major teaching from the Holy Father takes the Catholic Church to task, with a passionate call for solidarity with the poor and marginalized, and calling charitable works "the burning heart of the church's mission."
A missionary at heart, Pope Leo XIV reminds us all that the Church's mission so to follow Jesus' example by taking up the mantle of social justice in defending the most vulnerable among us.
"As we contemplate Christโs love, 'we too are inspired to be more attentive to the sufferings and needs of others, and confirmed in our efforts to share in his work of liberation as instruments for the spread of his love.'"
https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/apost_exhortations/documents/20251004-dilexi-te.html