The first major document of a pontificate is highly anticipated as an indication of the new Pope’s agenda.
Pope Leo XIV has chosen to place his first document, the apostolic exhortation Dilexi Te (I Have Loved You) into a Franciscan framework.
The Vatican press office carried a news item that Dilexi Te had been signed on Saturday, the feast of St.
The public presentation of the document will take place on Oct. 9.
The challenge of using such a framework is that many audiences take Brother Sun and Mother Earth and leave aside Sister Death and the danger of mortal sin.
Author's summary: Pope Leo XIV's first document is a Franciscan framework.