Pope Leo XIV called on the world to confront inequality and embrace those “who have but little power.” Released last week, ...

Pope Leo XIV has released his first major teaching document: “ Dilexi Te ” (“I Have Loved You”). The apostolic exhortation, ...

Leo XIV’s first apostolic exhortation focuses on loving the poor. Conservative American Catholics are sure to lose their ...

Its root means "to encourage" or "to urge." "Dilexi Te" is, therefore, encouragement or a summons to action. It is, in Pope Leo's words, a summons to "appreciate the close connection between Christ's ...

In taking the name Leo XIV, the first American pope signaled a desire to imitate his much-beloved 19th-century predecessor ...

In Pope Leo's exhortation "Dilexi Te,' we hear the voice of a patient teacher reminding us of an inescapable truth at the very heart of Christianity: Christ’s radical love for and identification with ...

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. Here are nine things to know about the document.

Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, encouraged Catholics to engage with the ...

Archbishop Nelson J. Pérez shared a statement Oct. 14 welcoming the recent release of Pope Leo XIV’s first Apostolic ...

The Apostolic Exhortation "Dilexi te" places the poor at the center of Pope Leo XIV's new pontificate. Here are all the ...

The document is expected to focus on poverty and the poor. "We pray to be a church that does not serve money or itself, but ...

CAFOD answers your questions on Pope Leo's apostolic exhortation Dilexi te and the important messages it contains for the world today.