Pope Leo XIV greets visitors and pilgrims from the popemobile as he rides around St. Peter's Square at the Vatican before his weekly general audience Oct. 8, 2025. Credit: CNS photo/Lola Gomez Pope ...

Pope Leo XIV greets visitors after celebrating Mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Oct. 9, 2025. Credit: CNS photo/Vatican Media “I have loved you.” The apostolic exhortation “Dilexi Te” begins ...

In the first major document of his pontificate, Pope Leo XIV writes that the poor are not only objects of charity, but evangelists who can prompt us to conversion through their example of weakness and ...

The first major document of a pontificate is highly anticipated as an indication of the new Pope’s agenda. Pope Leo XIV has chosen to place his first document, the apostolic exhortation Dilexi Te (I ...

(RNS) — In Scripture and in the history of the church, the poor are where we encounter God, the pope writes in his 'Dilexi Te.' (RNS) — Jesus tells us in the Gospel of Matthew, “the poor will always ...