Finding Hope: Fratelli Tutti

"... the continuing global health crisis makes it 'all the more urgent that we rethink our styles of life,'" says Pope Francis in "Fratelli Tutti, on Fraternity and Social Friendship," his encyclical letter released by the Vatican on Oct. 4, 2020.

Fratelli Tutti Study Guide
Prepared by Sister Margaret Carney and Father Pat Mc Closkey and their team of collaborators

How to Use This Guide
1. Download this guide, available by chapters linked below, and use with small or large groups and for personal reflection.
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3. This guide serves as an overview to the chapter featured but cannot in the space available do justice to the richness of each chapter.

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Fratelli Tutti Study Guide Introduction
Chapter 1: Dark Clouds Over a Closed World
Chapter 2: A Stranger on the Road
Chapter 3: Envisaging and Engendering an Open World
Chapter 4: A Heart Open to the Whole World
Chapter 5: A Better Kind of Politics
Chapter 6: Dialogue and Friendship in Society
Chapter 7: Paths of Renewed Encounter
Chapter 8: Religions at the Service

Additional Resources

Get the full version at vatican.va.
Read a long summary at vaticannews.va.
Read National Catholic Reporter's article "Pope's post-COVID encyclical envisions a less populist, less capitalistic world" details some of the discussion that "Fratelli Tutti" is intended to start, including "trickle-down economics, the world's unfair distribution of wealth, continued use of the just war theory and the death penalty, and populist leaders who appeal to people's 'basest and most selfish inclinations.'"

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