The first major document of the first American pope’s pontificate was released this week. In Dilexi Te, which takes its title (as papal documents do) from its first words, “I have loved you” (Revelation 3:9), Pope Leo XIV reflects on the necessity for Christians, who have been loved first by Christ, to show love and care for the poor. Some liberals are predictably attempting to wield Dilexi Te as a partisan club, scolding conservative Christians for their supposed lack of compassion. Most conservatives, meanwhile, are praising its traditional nature, though demurring on a very few lines that have been quoted…

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