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 ...

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.

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

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 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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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

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

COMMENTARY: The challenge of using such a framework is that many audiences take Brother Sun and Mother Earth and leave aside Sister Death and the danger of mortal sin.