Pope Leo in ‘Dilexi Te’: We Cannot Love God Unless We Identify with the Poor

Pope Leo in ‘Dilexi Te’: We cannot love God unless we identify with the poor

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 the poor.

Dilexi Te and the Danger of Neo-Pharisaism

The Apostolic Exhortation Dilexi Te, published by Pope Leo XIV on October 9, 2025, serves as the connecting link between the pontificates of Francis and Prevost. Topics echo those reiterated relentlessly over the past twelve years: poverty, a poor Church, the primacy of welfare, condemnation of economic inequality, social justice, theology of the people, the throw-away culture… Source

Cardinal Krajewski: "Dilexi te" is Pope Leo's seal of guarantee, the continuity of the legacy of Jesus and Francis – Exaudi

“It is beautiful to see how Pope Leo and the Church’s millennia-long history of caring for the poor and with the poor demonstrate that it is an essential part of the Church’s uninterrupted journey.” Cardinal Konrad Krajewski stated this during the presentation of the apostolic exhortation Dilexit te, released this Thursday in the Holy See Press Office. And how this document “shows us that love for the poor, and how these poor are the evangelical…