Poor

In his first apostolic exhortation, “Dilexi Te” (“I Have Loved You”), Pope Leo XIV has taken up the call of Pope Francis for Christians to see in the poor the very face of Christ — and to be a church that “walks poor with the poor.”

In a letter addressed to the “People of God,” the assembly of the Synod of Bishops said the Catholic Church must continue discerning its future by listening to everyone, starting with the poorest and excluded.

On September 5, the church celebrates the feast day of St. Teresa of Kolkata for committing herself to bring the light of God’s love to the poorest of the poor.

Many Massgoers of different ages attended the celebration wearing traditional El Salvadoran attire and carrying images of St. Oscar Romero and lighting candles in memory of the more than 75,000 people who died during the Salvadoran civil war in the 1970s.

Pope Francis was elected March 13, 2013, becoming the first pope born in the Americas and first non-European pontiff in nearly 1,300 years.

With the birth of Jesus, God became flesh to share the joys and sorrows, hopes and fears of all people, especially the poor and those living daily amid danger, Pope Francis said in his Christmas message.

Their anniversary ride will culminate Jan. 29, with Mitchell finishing his miles as Herbeck visits the San Lucas mission and rides a symbolic, short distance to mark the 50th anniversary of the walk’s end.

“It is our duty to encourage and assist our human family — interdependent yet at the same time disconnected — to sail the sea together,” the pope said Nov. 4