Pax Christi International has welcomed the Pope’s condemnation of war in his new encyclical Fratelli tutti, observing that the document’s reflection on how the ‘just war’ tradition fails in the face of modern warfare “goes further than any papal encyclical in history”.
Pope Francis’ third encyclical letter Fratelli Tutti (All brothers and sisters), a call to solidarity for all of humanity to live in fraternity and social friendship, was published on Sunday.
The talking points on the new encyclical Fratelli tutti (‘Brothers all’) that the Vatican has provided for Spanish-speaking bishops refute the claim that the Pope is a “socialist” or a “communist”.
Pope Francis on Monday reflected on the serious and crucial challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic in the social and economic field that, he said, demand a generous and ethical response on the part of those tasked with business management and economic development.
German and Austrian bishops have welcomed the Pope’s new encyclical as an “urgent appeal for worldwide solidarity and international cooperation”.
“Fraternity is not a trend or a fashion… but the result of concrete acts”. Thus reflected Cardinal Parolin during the presentation of the Pope’s new encyclical.
“We can no longer look the other way” from the ecological crisis threatening the world today, Pope Francis has warned.
“Please don’t pretend to be synodal if you are unprepared to actually listen”, Catholic women have told the Pope ahead of the publication this weekend of his new encyclical with the “sexist” title ‘Brothers all’.
St Jerome bequeathed to the Church “devotion to the Sacred Scripture, a ‘living and tender love’ for the written word of God,” says Pope Francis in a new apostolic letter on the 1600th anniversary of the death of the great Doctor and Father of the Church.
Catholic women worldwide are asking Pope Francis to change the “painful” title of his new encyclical ‘Brothers all’, warning him that “the masculine noun will alienate many”.
Pope Francis has sent a message to the Council of Bishops’ Conferences of Europe (CCEE) on the occasion of their plenary assembly, taking place online from 25 to 26 September.
“Solidarity must not be an empty word or promise”, Pope Francis has warned the UN on the social recovery after the COVID-19 pandemic.
In a message Thursday addressed to his “brother priests,” Pope Francis thanked the Episcopal Conference of Lombardy, in Italy, which for six years has organised a Day of Prayer and Fraternity with elderly and sick clergy.
The Vatican is digging itself into a hole trying to defend the gender inclusiveness of the Pope’s new encyclical Fratelli tutti, or ‘Brothers all’.
“Why do those who are different from us frighten us so much?”, Pope Francis has deplored in a preface to a new book on peace.
In a new book length interview, Pope Francis has given a sneak peek of his forthcoming third encyclical, railing against the “savage market economy” and “violent social injustice”.
Pope Francis will visit the Italian town of Assisi on October 3 to sign a new encyclical.
In a message published today to the Forum of the European House-Ambrosetti, an encounter of politicians, representatives of European institutions and business leaders taking place in northern Italy this Friday and Saturday, Pope Francis urged an “ecological retooling” of the economy to counter what he called the “inhumane” pace of production and consumption today.
“We are part of this interconnected web of life, not its masters”, Pope Francis reminded humanity in a message today for the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation in which he also urged the world “to find just and sustainable ways of living that can give the Earth the rest it requires, ways that satisfy everyone with a sufficiency, without destroying the ecosystems that sustain us”.
Pope Francis’ third encyclical – reportedly on the need for “human and ecological conversion” and for “human fraternity” – is to drop in coming days or weeks, according to a media report.
After Pope Francis backed a push to “free” the figure of the Virgin Mary from mob devotion, a Vatican official has denounced the mafia manipulation of religion to enslave people.
In the latest battle in his war against the mafia, Pope Francis is cracking down on dons’ devotion to Mary.
The Pope continues to make his heartfelt appeal for generosity and solidarity for communities and countries hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic by personally leading the way through concrete acts of closeness and affection.
Pope Francis did not remain silent or unseen while the world was overtaken by a silent and unseen virus. He immediately made his voice heard through various ways and allowed the entire world to see their shepherd at prayer.
Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican Secretary of State, has conveyed Pope Francis’ “warm greetings” to Supreme Knight Carl Anderson of the Knights of Columbus on the occasion of the Knights’ 138th Supreme Convention which took place last week.
Prayers and little gestures silently sow the seed of God’s love in the field of the world, making all things new, Pope Francis said.
Ahead of the 75th anniversary year of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Pope Francis visited both cities.
Pope Francis has encouraged participants in an annual youth festival at Medjugorje to discover the true adventure of life in the encounter with Jesus.
In a book preface released on Tuesday, Pope Francis reflected on the lessons Christians have learned from the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Pope has praised the “sincerity, joy, and cheerfulness” of a disabled boy who completed the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage.