Monday, February 28, 2022
The encyclical Fratelli tutti resonates with freshness and dynamism in religious life and, in particular, its invitation to dream of a united and fraternal humanity is undoubtedly a fundamental element of its prophetic dimension. Francis insists on the urgency of promoting processes that break with the dynamics that discard people as “scraps” and create spaces of inclusion, respect and dignity.
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Bro. Alberto Lamana: “From the Vantage Point of the Comboni Brothers”
Fratelli tutti: Summary of Chapter 5
Monday, February 21, 2022
The development of a global community of fraternity based on the practice of social friendship on the part of peoples and nations calls for a better kind of politics, one truly at the service of the common good. Sadly, politics today often takes forms that hinder progress towards a different world, like for instance populism and liberalism.
Fr. Giuseppe Caramazza: “The Regeneration of Political Life”
Monday, February 21, 2022
It is not by chance that Pope Francis speaks of the best politics. His analysis could not forget the current division between populism and liberalism. Both are rejected by the pontiff. One because it flattens the definition of the people until it disappears, and in doing so it opens the way to dictatorship.
Bro. Daniele Giusti: “Fruitfulness and Creativity from Overcoming Ideological and Cultural Barriers”
Monday, February 21, 2022
In the opening words of the Fifth Chapter of Fratelli tutti – A Better Kind of Politics – Pope Francis tells us that the best politics is that which is placed at the service of the true common good, and that only such politics can serve the purpose of accompanying peoples and nations to live that social friendship on which human fraternity is grafted.
Fr. Joseph Mumbere: “Popular Movements. An Example of a Better Kind of Politics”
Monday, February 21, 2022
Chapter 5 of the encyclical Fratelli Tutti is dedicated to a better kind of politics, which is one that is truly at the service of the common good. Pope Francis rehabilitates politics as the noble social activity that pursues the common good. And as an example of this better kind of politics, he presents (FT 169) the popular movements that generate various forms of popular economy and community production at the grassroots level.
Bro. Simone Dalla Monica: “Getting Involved Personally”
Monday, February 21, 2022
From the outset, this title seems ambitious, could it be that Francis is in search of the third way between capitalism and socialism? What does the Church, the Magisterium and the Social Doctrine of the Church have to say again about politics in a document that bears in its title the ideal of fraternity?