{"id":181657,"date":"2025-10-14T15:29:39","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T19:29:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/?p=181657"},"modified":"2025-10-14T15:32:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T19:32:07","slug":"i-have-loved-you-pope-leo-xiv-signs-his-first-apostolic-exhortation-dilexi-te-on-love-for-the-poor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/i-have-loved-you-pope-leo-xiv-signs-his-first-apostolic-exhortation-dilexi-te-on-love-for-the-poor\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cI have loved you\u201d: Pope Leo XIV signs his first Apostolic Exhortation, Dilexi Te, on love for the poor"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"181657\" class=\"elementor elementor-181657\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-335657b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"335657b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6014ccc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6014ccc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On October 9th, the Holy See announced Pope Leo XIV\u2019s first Apostolic Exhortation, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/leo-xiv\/en\/apost_exhortations\/documents\/20251004-dilexi-te.html\"><em>Dilexi Te<\/em><\/a>, \u201cI have loved you\u201d (Rev. 3:9). In the last months of his life, Pope Francis had begun preparing this Apostolic Exhortation on the Church\u2019s care for the poor\u2014Pope Leo XVI now picks up and continues this work of his predecessor, and his desire that all Christians recognize in the poor and the suffering the very heart of Christ.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>A Church for the poor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">God reveals his preferential love for the poor from the beginning of Scripture, says Pope Leo XVI, and in a particular way, in Christ\u2019s own incarnation\u2014born of flesh, Christ presented himself to the world \u201cnot only as a poor Messiah, but also as the Messiah of and for the poor.\u201d The Church, if she is to be Christ\u2019s Church, must then be one that not only makes room for the poor and the marginalized, but one in which the poor have a privileged place.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Indeed, this preferential care for the poor has been part of the Church\u2019s great Tradition\u2014as Pope Leo XVI iterates, from the early Fathers of the Church through the saints of every century, the Church has long recognized the special and essential place the poor have in God\u2019s own heart, and in Christ\u2019s living body. \u201cThey are the beloved of the Gospel, the heirs to the Kingdom. It is in them that Christ continues to suffer and rise again. It is in them that the Church rediscovers her call to show her most authentic self.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pope Leo XVI goes on to emphasize that care for the poor also means working to resolve the structures that create poverty and inequality, seeking to create real societal change. \u201cIt must never be forgotten that the Gospel message has to do not only with an individual\u2019s personal relationship with the Lord, but also with something greater: \u2018the Kingdom of God; it is about loving God who reigns in our world. To the extent that he reigns within us, the life of society will be a setting for universal fraternity, justice, peace and dignity. Both Christian preaching and life, then, are meant to have an impact on society. We are seeking God\u2019s Kingdom.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Love for the poor\u2014hallmark of the Church<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cLove for the poor\u2014whatever the form their poverty may take\u2014is the evangelical hallmark of a Church faithful to the heart of God.\u201d Above all, it is charity that has the power to be a genuine force for change in history, and it is charity that must be the source that inspires and guides every effort to care for the poor, the sick, the imprisoned, the marginalized, and the migrant.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cChristian love breaks down every barrier, brings close those who were distant, unites strangers, and reconciles enemies. It spans chasms that are humanly impossible to bridge, and it penetrates to the most hidden crevices of society. By its very nature, Christian love is prophetic: it works miracles and knows no limits. 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