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Pope Leo’s First Big Test: Will He Speak Truth or Please the World?

The new exhortation could make or break the confidence of faithful Catholics

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Mark Lambert
Oct 07, 2025
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Pope Leo XIV Signs First Apostolic Exhortation, "Dilexi te"

“Dilexi te” — Will Pope Leo Step Up?

This Thursday, the Vatican will publish Pope Leo XIV’s first apostolic exhortation, Dilexi te (“I have loved you”). It will tell us not only what kind of pope he intends to be but whether he will lead the Church with conviction or continue the drift into confusion and compromise that has characterised so much of recent ecclesial life.

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