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Pope Leo stresses Scripture as foundation of Christian concern for poor
(RNS) — In the past, Catholic social teaching was based on papal documents and appeals to the natural law. Scriptural passages would be sprinkled in like seasoning on a well-prepared meal, but Scripture was never at the heart of the argument. As Protestants embraced “sola scriptura” (by Scripture alone), Catholics prided themselves on teachings that were based on both faith and reason. The church’s teachings were heavily dependent on Aristotelia…
With the publication of his first Apostolic Exhortation, Dilexit te (“I have loved you”), signed on October 4, the feast of Saint Francis of Assisi, Pope Leo XIV follows in the footsteps of his predecessor Pope Francis, who has made care and concern for the poor one of the pillars of his pontificate. It was precisely Francis who, in the months before his death, had begun to work on the Apostolic Exhortation. As with the Lumen Fidei of Benedict X…
The news Cardinal Rosa Chávez on ‘Dilexi te’: “A hopeful and prophetic document of Pope Leo XIV” was first published in Last Minute Religious News
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