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Poverty
Posted inVatican Dispatch
Pope Leo says global hunger is a sign of ‘soulless economy’ and a ‘collective failure’
In a forceful speech on Oct. 16 to the general assembly of the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization in Rome, Pope Leo XIV called out the failure of the international community to eliminate hunger in today’s world and strongly denounced “the use of hunger as a weapon of war.”
Posted inFaith and Reason
Analysis: Pope Leo’s theological vision of a church for the poor in ‘Dilexi Te’
In ‘Dilexi Te,’ Pope Leo draws our attention to the fundamental link between the Gospel and love for the poor.
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12 quotes from ‘Dilexi Te,’ Pope Leo’s first apostolic exhortation
12 quotes to give a sense of what Pope Leo XIV’s first apostolic exhortation, “Dilexi Te” (”I have loved you”), contains.
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Top 5 takeaways from Pope Leo’s first major document, ‘Dilexi Te’
A quick guide to Pope Leo’s document on the poor
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Pope Leo in first major document: Love for the poor is not optional for Christians
“I often wonder, even though the teaching of Sacred Scripture is so clear about the poor, why many people continue to think that they can safely disregard the poor,” Pope Leo XIV states in his first magisterial document, known by its Latin title, “Dilexi Te.”
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Pope Leo signs first exhortation, ‘Dilexi te,’ focused on love for the poor
The document, which will be issued Oct. 9, can be seen as a companion document to “Dilexit nos,” the fourth and final encyclical issued by Pope Francis.
Posted inCatholic Movie Club
20 years after Hurricane Katrina, documentary ‘Trouble the Water’ inspires righteous rage—and hope
’Trouble the Water’ follows a married couple from the Lower Ninth Ward as they try to piece their lives back together following the storm.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
All of us have wealth. We just need to notice it.
There are so many things you can enjoy when you are poor—and some, it seems, that are easier to enjoy when you’re poor because you cannot lean on the crutches and the shortcuts that litter the path of the rich.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
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