Overview
- Pope Leo XIV’s first apostolic exhortation, Dilexi Te, emphasizes solidarity with the poor and identifies migrants as a living presence of Christ.
- Leo told U.S. bishops last week that the church cannot be silent about the Trump administration’s mass deportations.
- About 1,000 Catholics processed to an ICE detention facility near Chicago on Oct. 11 intending to distribute Holy Communion, but officials refused entry.
- Philadelphia Archbishop Nelson Pérez reiterated that the church is not partisan and called for renewed care for the weakest and most vulnerable.
- Coverage notes strong Latin American and Liberation Theology influences in the document and highlights friction with conservative American Catholics, including figures aligned with the White House.