India, Nov. 17 -- The Catholic Church will observe the 'World Day of the Poor' on November 16, 2025. The day has a special significance this year, since it comes in the wake of Pope Leo XIV's first major papal document - an Apostolic Exhortation addressed "to all Christians, on love for the poor," titled 'Dilexi Te' ('I have loved you'), dated October 4 (the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi). About four months earlier, on June 13, 2025, the Feast of St Anthony of Padua, Pope Leo, released to the world his message for the 9th World Day of the Poor, on the theme 'You are my hope' (cf. Ps 71:5). Both in his message and in his exhortation, he makes one thing clear: The Catholic Church takes sides with the poor and that one should do everything ...