{"id":6537,"date":"2025-10-22T12:59:58","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T17:59:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stphils.com\/church\/?p=6537"},"modified":"2025-10-22T12:59:58","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T17:59:58","slug":"pope-leo-xiv-first-apostolic-exhortation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stphils.com\/church\/pope-leo-xiv-first-apostolic-exhortation\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Leo XIV First Apostolic Exhortation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>From the Diocese of Peoria<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Our Holy Father, Pope Leo XIV released his first Apostolic Exhortation, Dilexi Te (\u201cI Have Loved You&#8221; from Rev. 3:9)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>This beautiful letter focuses on the love of God revealed in our care for the poor \u2014 reminding us that God\u2019s love is most clearly seen in how we love and serve one another, especially those most in need.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>This is an important document for all of us to read and reflect upon. In it, the Holy Father gives us clear direction and insight into the priorities he wishes to set before the Church. He invites us to recognize our shared calling to live as brothers and sisters, caring deeply for one another and responding to the needs of the poor with compassion and generosity.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>As we take time to read and pray with Delexi Te, may we open our hearts to the Holy Father\u2019s message and allow it to inspire us to live our faith more fully \u2014 grounded in love, mercy, and solidarity.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/leo-xiv\/en\/apost_exhortations\/documents\/20251004-dilexi-te.html\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">CLICK HERE to read the Apostolic Exhortation.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the Diocese of Peoria Our Holy Father, Pope Leo XIV released his first Apostolic Exhortation, Dilexi Te (\u201cI Have Loved You&#8221; from Rev. 3:9) This beautiful letter focuses on the love of God revealed in our care for the poor \u2014 reminding us that God\u2019s love is most clearly seen in how we love &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stphils.com\/church\/pope-leo-xiv-first-apostolic-exhortation\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Pope Leo XIV First Apostolic Exhortation<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6538,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sacred-space"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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