'Pope Leo XIV sends the world a directly political message with his first apostolic exhortation'

OP-ED. On October 4, the pope signed the first document of his pontificate, the apostolic exhortation 'Dilexi te.' Theologians Frédéric-Marie Le Méhauté and François Odinet analyze the document in an opinion piece for Le Monde. The text condemns the excesses of ultraliberalism, with Leo XIV warning: If politicians do not listen to the poor, 'democracy atrophies.'