"I am convinced that the preferential choice for the poor is a source of extraordinary renewal both for the church and for society," the pope wrote in Dilexi Te.
Pope Leo XIV bluntly called out inequality and indifference to the plight of the poor in the first major teaching document of his pontificate.
"In a world where the poor are increasingly numerous, we paradoxically see the growth of a wealthy elite, l... [8016 chars]