Dilexi Te ("On Love for the Poor")

Pope Leo XIV’s Prophetic Call to Rekindle the Heart of the Church’s Mission in Love for the Poor. In his first apostolic exhortation, Pope Leo XIV turns the world’s gaze toward the poor, the suffering, and the forgotten—those in whom the heart of Christ beats most visibly. Flowing naturally from Pope Francis’s Dilexit Nos, an earlier reflection on the human and divine love of Jesus, Dilexi Te challenges us to renounce the false securities of wealth and comfort, to stand in solidarity with the weak, and to allow our hearts to be purified through love in action. With pastoral warmth and piercing moral insight, our Holy Father calls the Church to a renewal of compassion in an age tempted by self-centeredness and indifference. He invites every Christian to rediscover the beauty and necessity of serving the poor, not as an optional expression of faith, but as the burning heart of the Church’s mission. From the witness of St. Francis of Assisi and the early Church to the challenges of modern