Overview

• Leone XIV signed 'Dilexi te' on October 4 in the Private Library of the Apostolic Palace with Mons. Edgar Peña Parra present, and the Holy See set October 9 for its public presentation.
• The text is reported to continue work begun under Pope Francis and echoes his themes, including in its title’s resonance with Francis’s 'Dilexit nos'.
• Journalists say the exhortation will spotlight poverty’s structural drivers, with expected references to wars and the climate emergency and a call to view the poor as protagonists in the Church.
• Coverage describes the document as a prologue to a forthcoming encyclical on social doctrine, redistribution, and new challenges such as artificial intelligence, developed over the summer including time at Castel Gandolfo.
• The signing on the feast of St. Francis followed remarks by Leone XIV about hope for a fairer distribution of wealth, aligning with his recent homilies and liturgies that repeatedly prioritized the poor.