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Fratelli Tutti

Free copies of L'Osservatore Romano, the Vatican newspaper, with the front page about Pope Francis' new encyclical, "Fratelli Tutti, on Fraternity and Social Friendship," are distributed by volunteers at the end of the Angelus in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Oct. 4, 2020. (CNS/Reuters/IPA/Sipa USA)

Read NCR's coverage of Pope Francis' encyclical, "Fratelli Tutti, on Fraternity and Social Friendship."

Francis' 'Fratelli Tutti' weaves the threads of nonviolence and just peace

by Eli McCarthy

Dec 4, 2020

Commentary: The recent encyclical by Pope Francis, Fratelli Tutti, offers a critical step toward the illumination of nonviolence and a just peace moral framework, breaking down the old concept of "just war."

'Fratelli Tutti' offers a new language for Muslim-Catholic solidarity

by Asad Dandia

Nov 12, 2020

Commentary: Our respective traditions not only teach us to be good and just, but offer us a language that can expand the horizons of what social solidarity can look like as the world grapples with crisis after crisis.

Pope Francis' encyclical inspires me to speak boldly for interfaith inclusion

by Britt Luby

Nov 9, 2020

Commentary: In September 2020, as our campus reopened in the midst of a global pandemic, Texas Christian University formally but quietly announced the establishment of a religious holiday policy.

Are women involved in a toxic relationship with the church?

by Phyllis Zagano

Oct 29, 2020

Just Catholic: Fratelli Tutti is written by a man who took the title from a man who was speaking to men, and now this document is addressed to men. Well, why not? It's not women who are ruining the world.

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Fratelli Tutti

Francis' 'Fratelli Tutti' weaves the threads of nonviolence and just peace

'Fratelli Tutti' offers a new language for Muslim-Catholic solidarity

Pope Francis' encyclical inspires me to speak boldly for interfaith inclusion

Are women involved in a toxic relationship with the church?

Editorial: Thanks, Francis, but please say more about 'just war'

Catholic encounters with Muslims frame 'Fratelli tutti'

Catholic activists praise pope's move away from just war theory

Editorial: Americans need to heed pope's countercultural message on the common good

Video: Facebook Live on Fratelli Tutti

Five things to look for in Pope Francis' new encyclical, 'Fratelli Tutti'

'Fratelli Tutti' is Ubuntu by any other name

'Fratelli Tutti' seen as speaking to a divided US church and country

'Fratelli Tutti' shares practical wisdom, but lacks insights of women

Relationship leads us to peace: Three key Franciscan themes in 'Fratelli Tutti'

'Fratelli Tutti' challenges our country and our church

Pope's post-COVID encyclical envisions a less populist, less capitalist world

Francis, the comic strip

Catholic women criticize 'mansplaining' of pope's masculine encyclical title

'Fratelli tutti' does not include women, and neither does 'fraternity'

Pope Francis' new papal encyclical could be derailed by its seemingly sexist title

Francis will sign new encyclical, 'Fratelli tutti,' Oct. 3