Overview

• The Vatican confirmed the exhortation will be published Thursday, Oct. 9, as the first major document of Leo XIV’s pontificate.
• The Pope signed the text in the Apostolic Palace library on Oct. 4 in the presence of Secretariat of State Substitute Monsignor Edgar Peña Parra.
• Vatican News said the presentation will take place in the Holy See Press Office, led by Cardinals Czerny and Krajewski with participating religious.
• The document focuses on poverty and the love of Jesus for the poor, reflecting Leo XIV’s early emphasis on the Church’s service to the most vulnerable.
• The Pope chose a pastoral apostolic exhortation rather than an encyclical, and several outlets report it continues themes from Francis’s ‘Dilexit nos,’ with some suggesting Francis began related drafting.