Fratelli Tutti: On Fraternity and Social Friendship

by Pope Francis

Overview

In his third encyclical, Fratelli Tutti ("All Brothers"), Pope Francis reflects on a topic of great importance: human solidarity and friendship. Pope Francis first greeted the world with the words fratelli e sorelle -- "brothers and sisters" -- following his election to the papacy. In this encyclical, he continues to address all men and women as his brothers and sisters, calling us to consider what our common brotherhood requires of us.

Pope Francis has shown repeatedly that he is dedicated to promoting friendship among all people. Fratelli Tutti follows his 2019 signing of the Document on Human Fraternity in Abu Dhabi. And at the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, Pope Francis prayed for the salvation of all people in his extraordinary "Urbi et Orbi" address in an empty St. Peter's Square.

The Holy Father calls us to live out our Christian duty to see the face of Jesus in our neighbors, recognizing everyone we meet as a brother or sister. In this encyclical, Pope Francis reminds us of our "(blessed) common belonging." By fostering a genuine affection for all, we reaffirm the dignity of every human person created in the image and likeness of God.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781681927794
Publisher:	Our Sunday Visitor, Publishing Division
Publication date:	11/04/2020
Pages:	200
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Pope Francis was born in Buenos Aires on December 17, 1936, the son of Italian migrants and the first of five children born in the working-class barrio of Flores. He qualified as a chemical technician, graduated in philosophy in 1963, became a priest in 1969, joined the provincial of the Jesuits of Argentina in 1973, was named auxiliary bishop in 1992, archbishop of Buenos Aires in 1998, created cardinal in 2001, and on March 13, 2013, Bishop of Rome and the 266th Pope of the Catholic Church. He died on April 21, 2025.

Table of Contents

Fratelli tutti [1-2] 1

Without Borders [3-8] 1

Chapter 1 Dark clouds over a closed world [9-55] 5

Shattered Dreams [10-14] 5

The end of historical consciousness [13-14] 7

Lacking A Plan For Everyone [15-28] 8

A "throwaway" world [18-21] 9

Insufficiently universal human rights [22-24] 10

Conflict and fear [25-28] 12

Globalization And Progress Without A Shared Roadmap [29-31] 14

Pandemics And Other Calamities In History [32-36] 15

An Absence Of Human Dignity On The Borders [37-41] 18

The Illusion Of Communication [42-50] 20

Shameless aggression [44-46] 21

Information without wisdom [47-50] 22

Forms Of Subjection And Of Self-Contempt [51-53] 23

Hope [54-55] 24

Chapter 2 A stranger on the road [56-86] 27

The context [57-62] 28

Abandoned on the wayside [63-68] 31

A story constantly retold [69-71] 33

The characters of the story [72-76] 34

Starting anew [77-79] 36

Neighbours without borders [80-83] 38

The plea of the stranger [84-86] 39

Chapter 3 Envisaging and engendering an open world [87-127] 41

Moving Beyond Ourselves [88-94] 41

The unique value of love [91-94] 43

A Love Ever More Open [95-100] 44

Open societies that integrate everyone [97-98] 45

Inadequate understandings of universal love [99-100] 46

Beyond A World Of "Associates" [101-105] 47

Liberty, equality and fraternity [103-105] 48

A Universal Love That Promotes Persons [106-111] 48

Promoting The Moral Good [112-117] 51

The value of solidarity [114-117] 52

Re-Envisaging The Social Role Of Property [118-127] 53

Rights without borders [121-123] 55

The rights of peoples [124-127] 56

Chapter 4 A heart open to the whole world [128-153] 59

Borders And Their Limits [129-132] 59

Reciprocal Gifts [133-141] 61

A fruitful exchange [137-138] 63

A gratuitousness open to others [139-141] 64

Local And Universal [142-153] 65

Local flavour [143-145] 65

A universal horizon [146-150] 67

Starting with our own region [151-153] 69

Chapter 5 A better kind of politics [154-197] 71

Forms Of Populism And Liberalism [155-169] 71

Popular vs. Populist [156-162] 71

The benefits and limits of liberal approaches [163-169] 74

International Power [170-175] 78

Social And Political Charity [176-185] 81

The politics we need [177-179] 82

Political love [180-182] 83

Effective love [183-185] 85

The Exercise Of Political Love [186-192] 86

Sacrifices born of love [187-189] 87

A love that integrates and unites [190-192] 89

Fruitfulness Over Results [193-197] 90

Chapter 6 Dialogue and friendship in society [198-224] 93

Social Dialogue For A New Culture [199-205] 93

Building together [203-205] 95

The Basis Of Consensus [206-214] 96

Consensus and truth [211-214] 98

A New Culture [215-221] 100

Encounter that becomes culture [216-217] 100

The joy of acknowledging others [218-221] 101

Recovering Kindness [222-224] 103

Chapter 7 Paths of renewed encounter [225-270] 105

Starting Anew From The Truth [226-227] 105

The Art And Architecture Of Peace [228-235] 106

Beginning with the least [233-235] 109

The Value And Meaning Of Forgiveness [236-245] 110

Inevitable conflict [237-240] 111

Legitimate conflict and forgiveness [241-243] 112

The best way to move on [244-245] 114

Memory [246-254] 114

Forgiving but not forgetting [250-254] 116

War And The Death Penalty [255-270] 118

The injustice of war [256-262] 118

The death penalty [263-270] 122

Chapter 8 Religions at the service of fraternity in our world [271-287] 127

The Ultimate Foundation [272-287] 127

Christian identity [277-280] 130

Religion And Violence [281-284] 132

An appeal [285-287] 134

A prayer to the Creator 137

An ecumenical Christian prayer 138