A person asks for alms near St Peter’s Square at the Vatican October 8, 2025. Photo: CNS /Lola Gomez. Pope Leo’s first Apostolic Exhortation is focused on love for the poor. Not surprisingly the Holy Father signed the document on October 4, 2025, the feast of St Francis of Assisi, and published it on October 9. This letter or document from Pope Leo at the outset of his papacy was much anticipated by Christians…
