A day after Pope Francis travelled to the birthplace of his namesake, St. Francis of Assisi, to sign his new encyclical, Fratelli Tutti or "Brothers All" in English, its contents were made public Sunday morning. Fratelli Tutti is also a plea for "the miracle of kindness" and "social dialogue for a new culture." Anna Rowlands, a professor of Catholic social thought at Britain's Durham University, was the only woman on the Vatican panel that presented the encyclical. The faithful physically distance as Pope Francis leads a prayer from his window overlooking St. Peter's Square on May 31 after months of closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic. His latest encyclical makes a clear connection between what he considers an exploitative global market economy and the climate crisis.

Source: CBC News October 04, 2020 14:03 UTC