
‘Fratelli Tutti’: Pope Francis’ Response to Current Global Political Realities
COMMENTARY: Pope Francis’ latest encyclical, not unlike Laudato Si before it, is more a political than a social document.
COMMENTARY: Pope Francis’ latest encyclical, not unlike Laudato Si before it, is more a political than a social document.
Five years from Pope Francis’ signing of the document, the “encyclical appears ever more relevant,” according to a statement from the dicastery.
Cardinal Peter Turkson acknowledged a critique that the Church is taking sides on scientifically still-debatable topics, but ‘the aim of the encyclical is not to intervene in this debate.’
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“Our ‘home’ is being ruined, and this hurts everyone, especially the poorest among us,” the Holy Father said at the conclusion of his weekly general audience on Wednesday.
A diverse gathering of influential Catholics came together to shape the immediate and long-term reception of Pope Francis’ eco encyclical.
If it’s consistent with both the papacy of Pope Francis and the legacy of his saintly namesake, Laudato Sii, the encyclical to be published on June 18, is likely to make a strong connection between the environment and the poor and the vulnerable.
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