We say: In Fratelli Tutti, Pope Francis says it is "very difficult nowadays to invoke the rational criteria elaborated in earlier centuries to speak of the possibility of a 'just war.' " The question is what comes next.
Commentary:Fratelli Tutti does not mention "Islam" or "Muslims," but it is part of the broader legacy that Pope Francis will leave the church on Catholic-Muslim relations, as well as interreligious relations more broadly.
The leaders of an international movement seeking to have the Catholic Church formally set aside its long-held teachings on just war theory are praising Pope Francis' new encyclical.
We say: Although antithetical to the rugged individualism upon which the mythology of the United States was built, democratic socialism's concern for the common good is not antithetical to our Christian and Catholic faith.
