Poverty

The words of “Dilexi Te” (“I Have Loved You”) — the apostolic exhortation on love for the poor released by the Vatican Oct. 9 — come from the pen of …

Cardinal Czerny said The apostolic exhortation “Dilexi Te” (“I Have Loved You”) on the church’s love for the poor, “is Pope Leo’s document’

In his first apostolic exhortation, Pope Leo XIV has taken up the call of Pope Francis for Christians to see in the poor the very face of Christ.

Many Christians “need to go back and re-read the Gospel,” and recall faith and love for the poor go together, Pope Leo XIV said in his first papal document.

Pope Leo XIV’s first apostolic exhortation “Dilexi Te” (“I have loved you”), promulgated Oct. 9, 2025 — the feast day of St. John Henry Newman — explores love and charity …

Pope Leo XIV’s first apostolic exhortation “Dilexi Te” (“I have loved you”), was promulgated Oct. 9, the feast day of St. John Henry Newman.

Federal food assistance programs used by millions could be at risk as the federal government shutdown continues, proponents of those programs said.

“We pray to be a church that does not serve money or itself, but the kingdom of God and his justice,” he said during a special Jubilee audience Oct. 4.

Spending the day with the poor, Pope Leo XIV prayed Catholics would make sure their parishes are welcoming of all people and would be “on fire” with God’s love.

Catholics’ response to poverty and injustice around them “must come from the heart of the Gospel and be attuned to the signs of the times,” the pope said.