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Fratelli Tutti: Encyclical letter on Fraternity and Social Friendship
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About Fratelli Tutti: Encyclical Letter On Fraternity And
Product Description Pope Francis dedicates his third encyclical, FRATELLI TUTTI to his namesake, Francis of Assisi, at whose tomb he celebrated Mass on 3rd October, 2020, a day before its publication date which is the feast of St. Francis. The 287-paragraph document on "fraternity and social friendship" is a brisk walking-tour of Pope Francis's social teaching. The encyclical articulates in eight chapters a call for all human persons to recognize and live out our common fraternity. It starts with a consideration of what is holding humanity back from the development of universal fraternity and moves to an expression of hope that peace and unity will be achieved through dialogue among peoples of faith. Fraternity is to be encouraged not only in words, but in deeds. Deeds made tangible in a "better kind of politics", which is not subordinated to financial interests, but to serving the common good, able to place the dignity of every human being at the centre and assure work to everyone, so that each one can develop his or her own abilities. Review "We're on the brink. We need to pull back in a very human, in a very worldwide and in a very local way. In "Fratelli Tutti," Pope Francis offers us an opportunity to re-evaluate our priorities, decisions and overall way of life. He offers us a way to step back from the precipice and to see one another as children of God in need of one another rather than individuals marching through life with the goal of "egotistic self-preservation."--- CARDINAL MICHAEL CZERNY, Undersecretary of the Migrants and Refugees section of the Vatican Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development "In the midst of COVID, 'Fratelli Tutti' asks: Will we learn our lesson? How we respond to this opportunity will prove whether or not the coronavirus pandemic will be a moment of change for the better or, as Pope Francis wrote, "just another tragedy of history from which we learned nothing."-- ST. LOUIS REVIEW EDITORIAL ''The Lakota phrase mitakuye oyasin is often used at the end of a speech by an elder. It simply means, "we are all related, we are all relatives." It expresses an understanding of human existence as belonging to a people who share a common heritage and destiny. And, in stark contrast to radical individualism, it reminds tribal members that they discover who they are, their purpose and dignity, through their relationships with one another. This Native American expression came to mind as I read the Holy Father's new encyclical, Fratelli tutti. Pope's aim is to spark a fresh way of living, by reminding us that only through our relationships as brothers and sisters to one another do we gradually come to know ourselves.''--- CARDINAL BLASE CUPICH, Archbishop of Chicago "Fratelli Tutti, demonstrates beyond doubt that the current coronavirus pandemic is a reminder that no one can face life in isolation and that the world is actually a single human family. Already in his second encyclical, Laudato sì, the Holy Father, Pope Francis had demonstrated our interconnectedness to embrace the Earth, our Mother and Sister. St. John Paul II had earlier said: It is in building the communion of love that the Church appears as a sacrament; as the sign and instrument of intimate union with God and of the unity of the human race. Time has come to break totally with personal interests and cultural barriers, fixed ideological beliefs, religious persecution and radicalised religion; to end terrorism everywhere in the world, and to work assiduously for religious freedom."--- PHILIPPE CARDINAL OUÉDRAOGO, President of Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) "My brother, Pope Francis's message, Fratelli tutti, is an extension of the Document on Human Fraternity, and reveals a global reality in which the vulnerable and marginalized pay the price for unstable positions and decisions... It is a message that is directed to people of good will, whose consciences are alive and restores to human
