Pope Leo XIV called Thursday for the poor and marginalised, including migrants, to be at the centre of the Catholic Church's mission, in the first major publication of his papacy.

In the Apostolic Exhortation "Dilexi te" ("I have loved you", in Latin), the US pope warned against the "growth of a wealthy elite, living in a bubble of comfort and luxury," and a culture "that discards others without even realising it."

He had a particular message for Christians "shaped by secular ideologies" who dismiss or ridicule charitable works, "as if they were an obsession on the part of a few and not the burning heart of the Church's mission."

The document takes a wide view of poverty, from those with no money or food to those who are socially marginalised, including women facing violence and migrant

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