The Diocese of Cubao, Philippines, held its community-based celebration on November 16, beginning with the assembly and symbolic walk before a Holy Mass presided over by Bishop Ayuban.
During the World Day of the Poor, the displaced and the forgotten, Pope Leo XIV shares a meal with 1,300 guests at the Vatican, urging the Church, especially in Asia, to make compassion a way of life.
Pope Leo’s first Apostolic Exhortation, Dilexi Te (“I have loved you”), issued on October 9, calls all Christians to live a love that is both contemplative and active.
On November 17, Pope Francis will mark the World Day of the Poor by sharing lunch with over 1,300 impoverished people in Rome, following Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica.
Dicastery for Evangelization inaugurated the mobile health clinic in St. Peter’s Square on November 9 as one of the initiatives for sixth World Day of the Poor.
