Irish Church welcomes Pope Leo’s call to serve the poor

Irish Church welcomes Pope Leo’s call to serve the poor Pope Leo XIV greets visitors and pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square at the conclusion of an evening Mass celebrated by Archbishop Rino Fisichella, pro-prefect of the Dicastery for Evanglization, as part of the Jubilee of Youth at the Vatican July 29, 2025. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

“Love must become a mission,” said Bishop Alan McGuckian SJ, welcoming Dilexi Te (I Have Loved You), Pope Leo XIV’s first Apostolic Exhortation. The document, he said, “moves us from places of comfort to works of compassion and service,” calling Christians to recognise Christ in the poor and confront the structural causes of poverty. Across…

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