BRIEF: PARIS (OSV News) -- In a rather unusual moment for secular France, its president confirmed he will attend Mass celebrated by Pope Francis in Marseille Sept. 23. "It's my responsibility to go," Emmanuel Macron said Sept. 15, adding he would not
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari told West African bishops he appreciated Pope Francis' encyclical "Fratelli Tutti" for proposing some of the boldest and most radical ideas on securing human unity, peace and security.
"Peace cannot reign in our region if it does not first
Pope Francis established a new Vatican foundation that will promote initiatives based on the principles set out in his encyclical "Fratelli Tutti, on Fraternity and Social Friendship."
In a decree published by the Vatican Dec. 15, the pope said he would "gladly accede"
Pope Francis' encyclical "Fratelli Tutti" is a "challenging document" because of the many issues it covers, but it's also "very practical" because it "talks about the foundations of our Catholic commitments to building a better society and a better world," Los Angeles
In his latest article for Our Sunday Visitor, Russell Shaw examines the recent history of the use of the death penalty in the United States and the evolution of the Catholic Church’s perspective. As the Supreme Court begins a new term and
Reflecting on Pope Francis’ latest encyclical, the Our Sunday Visitor editorial board writes: “In Fratelli Tutti, Pope Francis offers a road map for helping us get through the pandemic not only on the right side of history but with our focus on
While Pope Francis’ latest encyclical, “Fratelli Tutti,” is full of big ideas and ideals, Gretchen Crowe writes that the pope offers an invitation on how to love more effectively in the small moments. Focussing on the fourth chapter of the letter, Pope
Since Pope Francis’ latest encyclical, Fratelli Tutti, was released, managing editor Scott Warden has been trying to find brief moments between parenting to read the pope’s words. In the encyclical, which is unofficially translated as “Brothers All,” Pope Francis urges everyone —
Pope Francis' new social encyclical offers a vision for the world of dignity for every person around the world and promotes a call to "build a new culture of fraternity and dialogue," said the president of the Australian Catholic Bishops' Conference.
The document,
Cardinal Michael Czerny, a close adviser of Pope Francis, expounded on the Holy Father’s new encyclical, Fratelli Tutti (unofficially translated “Brothers All”), themes of solidarity, fraternity, dialogue and encounter during an online panel hosted October 5 by Georgetown University’s Initiative on Catholic