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Free copies of the Vatican newspaper are distributed in front of St. Peter’s on October 4, 2020 (CNS photo/ IPA/Sipa USA, Reuters).

Fratelli Tutti

Commentary on the papal encyclical
The Editors
November 17, 2020
Pope Francis
Social Justice
Fratelli tutti

Please email comments to [email protected].

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’

By The Editors
November 24, 2020
Pope Francis
Fratelli tutti
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
Pope Francis
Fratelli tutti
Article

Many and One

A living Church must hold two seemingly opposed but equally radiant goods: the local and the universal.
By Vinson Cunningham
December 14, 2020
Fratelli tutti
Pope Francis
Race
Article
Encyclicals that do not name the change that needs to happen within the Church’s own systems and teaching do not help those affected to feel invited into dialogue.

Reconsidering ‘Chisme’

By Neomi De Anda
December 8, 2020
Fratelli tutti
Pope Francis
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
December 2, 2020
Fratelli tutti
Pope Francis
Article

Soundtrack to an Encyclical

León Gieco’s Argentinian protest anthem might help us understand ‘Fratelli tutti.’
By Susan Bigelow Reynolds
October 29, 2020
Pope Francis
Latin America
Music
Fratelli tutti
Article

Examining the Encyclical

Catholics should read Francis’s new encyclical not just for what it says, but also for how it says it.
By Massimo Faggioli
October 9, 2020
U.S. Catholicism
Pope Francis
Religious Life
Fratelli tutti
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
March 12, 2023
Pope Francis
Theology
Poverty
Fratelli tutti
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
Pope Francis
Fratelli tutti

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