Overview

• He signed the exhortation on the morning of 4 October in the Private Library of the Apostolic Palace in the presence of Monsignor Edgar Peña Parra, according to the Holy See.
• The Vatican says it is the first document of his pontificate and it will be presented to the press on 9 October.
• Reporting indicates the document places the poor at the center and urges that they be treated as protagonists, continuing work begun under Pope Francis.
• The title echoes Francis’s Dilexit nos and the choice of St. Francis’s feast day for the signing highlights the focus on poverty.
• Vatican observers expect passages on wars and the climate emergency as drivers of injustice, and several outlets describe the text as a prologue to a forthcoming encyclical on wealth distribution and the ethical challenges of artificial intelligence.