Following the release of Fratelli Tutti, Pope Francis’ new encyclical on fraternity and social friendship, the staff at Our Sunday Visitor has compiled a selection of quotations from the document to help give readers a sense of the spirit of the document
Pope Francis' social encyclical sees the need for human fraternity as more than just an abstract concept, but as a concrete path toward peaceful coexistence in a world fraught by war, said Cardinal Pietro Parolin.
At the Vatican's Oct. 4 presentation of the
On Satuday, Pope Francis signed his new encyclical in Assisi, Italy. If Laudato Si', Pope Francis' second encyclical, released in 2015, was a papal plea to care for our common home, then Fratelli Tutti (unofficially translated "Brothers All"), his third encyclical, released
Bringing the Vatican official in charge of translations with him, Pope Francis signed his new encyclical, "Fratelli Tutti, on Fraternity and Social Friendship," at the tomb of St. Francis of Assisi, source of the document's title and inspiration.
After celebrating Mass at St.