Fratelli Tutti

November 17, 2020

Social Justice

Article

The new encyclical proposes a model of political economy based on a renewed understanding of what it means to be a neighbor, a citizen, and a Christian.

Introducing the Symposium on ‘Fratelli Tutti’

November 24, 2020

Article

Freedom & Equality Aren’t Enough

Francis’s latest encyclical exhorts us to realize the fuller lives that we are called to live.

By Charles Taylor

November 24, 2020

Article

Many and One

A living Church must hold two seemingly opposed but equally radiant goods: the local and the universal.

November 24, 2020

Article

Reconsidering ‘Chisme’

‘Chisme’ can be a way of speaking publicly for those who feel they lack power or permission.

By Neomi De Anda

November 24, 2020

Article

Radical Truths

At a time when politics appeals to the worst in us, ‘Fratelli tutti’ is a beautiful meditation on what life together as a human family can be.

By William T. Cavanaugh

November 24, 2020

Article

Soundtrack to an Encyclical

León Gieco’s Argentinian protest anthem might help us understand ‘Fratelli tutti.’

By Susan Bigelow Reynolds

October 29, 2020

Article

Examining the Encyclical

Catholics should read Francis’s new encyclical not just for what it says, but also for how it says it.

October 9, 2020

Article

What Francis Means by ‘Fratelli Tutti’

Yes, we should be concerned about the all-male ‘Fratelli tutti.’ But we need a more expansive, charitable view of Francis’s deliberate word choices.

By Carmen M. Nanko-Fernández

September 24, 2020

Article

Pope Francis’s Call to Fraternity

At the core of ‘Fratelli tutti’ is Francis’s conviction that the world is fast losing its sense of the oneness of the human family.

By Austen Ivereigh

October 4, 2020

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