Once again Pope Francis takes the name of a phrase from St. Francis of Assisi to title an encyclical. In this case \u201cAll Brothers\u201d is inspired by the title of the saint's writings.<\/p>\n
\u201cLet us all, brothers, consider the Good Shepherd who to save His sheep bore the suffering of the Cross\u201d (Admonitions, 6, 1: FF155). <\/p>\n
POPE FRANCIS<\/strong> THE RELEVANCE OF ST. FRANCIS' MESSAGE <\/p>\n In the midst of the pandemic, the pope sends a message about fraternity and social friendship that he will sign precisely before St. Francis' tomb. <\/p>\n JOS\u00c9 RODR\u00cdGUEZ CARBALLO, OFM<\/strong> BACK TO THE ROOTS OF CHRISTIANITY<\/p>\n Fraternity is not only the identity of the Franciscan vocation; it is the identity of the Christian, explains Jos\u00e9 Rodr\u00edguez Carballo. He says fraternity is a constant service to others and that it leads to the roots of Christianity.<\/p>\n JOS\u00c9 RODR\u00cdGUEZ CARBALLO, OFM<\/strong> TO WAKE UP AND RESPOND<\/p>\n For the former superior of the Order of Franciscans Minor, the pope's invitation to live in fraternity during the current difficulties is the key to building a post-pandemic society. It's an issue that includes overcoming the virus of indifference in the face of social inequalities..<\/p>\n JOS\u00c9 RODR\u00cdGUEZ CARBALLO, OFM<\/strong> Society, ecology, economy, spirituality and social justice are some issues that the pope will probably address in his new encyclical, whose focus will undoubtedly be human dignity.<\/p>\n This could be summed up by returning to the essentials, to what is truly important for a better society.<\/p>\n Daniel D\u00edaz Vizzi<\/p>\n Translation: Christian Campos<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" September 16, 2020. \u201cThe virus has made us equal in various negative aspects. Let us now work in a positive way for universal brotherhood,\u201d he explains.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":16425,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[155],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/1u6fjeMskuM","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bpwenciclicafraternitaeng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bpwenciclicafraternitaint.mp4","type":"rrp","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46267"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46267"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46267\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nMay 14, 2020
\n\u201cSt. Francis of Assisi used to say, \u201cAll brothers and sisters.\u201d Thus, men and women of every religious confession, we unite ourselves today in prayer and penance to ask for the grace of healing from this pandemic.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n
\nSecretary, Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life
\n\u201cThe Church and the world needs more Francises, and those Francises can and should be all of us, as believers of Christ, especially all Catholics. The encyclical is addressed to the whole world and will have a global impact, but it is first of all for Catholics and even more so for Franciscans.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
\n Secretary, Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life
\n\u201cI always say that the rule of St. Francis could end with the first sentence of the first chapter, when he says that the rule of the brothers minor is to observe and live the Gospel. With this, all is said. I believe that the pope will return to Assisi and sign the encyclical letter there, reminding us to return to the Gospel, as Francis did.' <\/em><\/p>\n
\nSecretary, Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life
\n\u201cOnce again, we have been able to see, and I hope that we are not blind to that reality that we are all equal. In the face of the virus, there have been neither rich nor poor, neither educated nor ignorant. The virus makes us all equal. But I hope that we react positively, and if it has made us equal in a negative way, that we now work for universal brotherhood.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n