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Fifty-third year, number 41 (2.667) Friday, 9 October 2020

“Fratelli Tutti” published in an extraordinary issue of L’Osservatore Romano’s daily edition A message of universal fraternity Francis offers the Encyclical issue as a gift to the faithful at the Angelus in Peter’s Square

The urgency to stop and reflect in order to recover human dignity

ANDREA MONDA he Encyclical Fratelli Tutti arrives like a drop of water falling on desert land, a ray of light passing through “darkT clouds over a closed world”. This is the title of the first chapter of ’ new Encyclical — his third — dedic- ated to fraternity and social friend- ship, which on Sunday, 4 Octo- ber, the Pope wished to offer as a gift to the faithful gathered in Saint Peter’s Square in the ‘form’ of the spe- cial edition of L’Osservatore Ro- mano, which has returned to hard-copy, but with a new format. But let us proceed step by step. First and foremost the fact that he emerged from the Vatican, for the first time since the start of the pan- demic-induced lock-down, to go to Assisi to sign the Letter over the tomb of Saint Francis who once again, in addition to Laudato Si’ five years ago, was the source of inspira- tion of his Pontificate, has a symbolic force so obvi- ous that it needs no fur- ther explanation. Looking at others as brothers and Fratelli Tutti is a power- sisters in order to save ourselves ful text which sounds like a cry both of alarm and and the world of hope, and offers read- ers a vision, a great hori- A. TORNIELLI ON PA G E 4 zon, which transmits con- fidence and inspires the desire to commit to the common good, to all, meaning every one, barring none, of our brothers and sisters. A TO OL FOR PEACEBUILDING: SUMMARY OF THE ENCYCLICAL ON PA G E 6/7 The Encyclical is divided into eight chapters which, after the first which analyzes — clearly and dis- counting nothing — the situation the General Audience Pope to Moneyval To of Sciences world is experiencing today, a world that seems to be moving toward Zealous Christians ‘No’ to idolatry of money Equitable solutions closure because “as society becomes

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Holy Father to Moneyval ‘No’ to idolatry of money

On Thursday, 8 October, in the Paul VI Hall, the money laundering and the financing of terrorism. Sometimes, in the effort to amass wealth, there is Holy Father received in audience the Evaluators of I thank the President of the Financial Informa- little concern for where it comes from, the more the Moneyval Programme of the Council of Europe. tion Authority for his kind words. or less legitimate activities that may have pro- During the audience the Pope warned against “the Your work on this double front is particularly duced it, and the mechanisms of exploitation that worship of the ancient golden calf” which has dear to my heart. Indeed, it is closely linked to may be behind it. Thus, situations can occur “returned in a new and ruthless guise in the idolatry the protection of life, the peaceful coexistence of where, in touching money, we get blood on our of money and the dictatorship of an impersonal the human race on earth, and a financial system hands, the blood of our brothers and sisters. economy lacking a truly human purpose”. The that does not oppress those who are weakest and It can also happen that financial resources are following is the English text of the Pope’s address. in greatest need: everything is connected. used to spread terror, to shore up the strongest, As I wrote in the Apostolic Exhortation Evan- the most powerful and those prepared to sacrifice Ladies and Gentlemen, gelii Gaudium, I consider it necessary for us to re- the lives of their brothers and sisters without a I offer you a cordial welcome on the occasion of flect anew on our relationship with money (cf. n. scruple, all in a bid to hold onto their power. your visit as experts of the Council of Europe for 55). It seems that in many places the supremacy the evaluation of measures taken to counter of money over human beings is taken for granted. CONTINUED ON PA G E 10

VAT I C A N BULLETIN

AUDIENCES now he has served as diocesan chan- op of Pasto. Until now he has niversary of the founding of the P ro cellor and rector of the Santuario served as of Nova and Petri Sede Association (26 Sept.). Thursday, 1 October Nacional de Jesús del Rescate in Po- Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese poyuapa (24 Sept.). of Cali, Colombia (1 Oct.). Hon. Mr Armin Laschet, Minister- CO N G R E G AT I O N FOR THE Bishop-elect Guzmán Saballos, 55, Bishop Cárdenas Toro, 52, was President of North Rhine-West- OR I E N TA L CHURCHES phalia, Federal Republic of Ger- was born in Tola, Nicaragua. He born in Cartago, Colombia. He was was ordained a priest on 4 Decem- many, with his wife and entourage ordained a priest on 6 September The Holy Father appointed as office ber 1993. Before entering the semin- 1997. He was ordained a bishop on head of the Congregation for the Cardinal Marc Ouellet, PSS, Prefect ary he studied economics and 25 July 2015, subsequent to his ap- Oriental Churches Msgr Giulio of the worked for a year in a bank. He pointment as titular Bishop of Nova Sembeni. Until now he has served Bishop Eduardo María Taussig of holds a degree in philosophy and in and Auxiliary of Cali. theology and a licence in canon law. as official of the Secretariat of State, San Rafael, Argentina Section for General Affairs (1 Oct.).

The Holy Father accepted the resig- RE L AT I O N S WITH STAT E S NEW DIO CESE nation from the pastoral care of the PONTIFICAL ACADEMY OF Diocese of Pala, Chad, presented by The Holy Father appointed Arch- SCIENCES The Holy Father has erected in Dio- Bishop Jean-Claude Bouchard, OMI bishop Charles John Brown, titular cese the Territorial Prelature of (25 Sept.). of Aquileia, as Apostolic Sicuani. Peru; and has appointed The Holy Father appointed as Or- The Holy Father accepted the resig- Nuncio to the Philippines. Until dinary Member of the Pontifical Bishop Pedro Alberto Bustamante now he has served as Apostolic López, as its first bishop. Until now nation from the pastoral care of the Academy of Sciences Prof. Jürgen Diocese of Sivagangai, India, Nuncio to Albania (28 Sept.). he has served as bishop prelate of Knoblich, scientific director at the presented by Bishop Jebamalai Su- Sicuani (29 Sept). The Holy Father appointed Arch- Institute of Molecular Biotechno- saimanickam (25 Sept.). bishop Wojciech Załuski, titular logy (IMBA) in Vienna, Austria (25 Bishop Bustamante López, 55, The Holy Father accepted the resig- Archbishop of Diocleziana, as Sept.). was born in Cotaparaco, Peru. He nation from the pastoral care of the Apostolic Nuncio to Malaysia and was ordained a priest on 7 Decem- The Holy Father appointed as Or- Metropolitan Archdiocese of Dhaka, to East Timor, and Apostolic Deleg- ber 1992. He was ordained a bishop dinary Member of the Pontifical Bangladesh, presented by Cardinal ate in Brunei Darussalam. Until now on 15 August 2013, subsequent to his Academy of Sciences Mr David Patrick D’Rozario, CSC. he has served as Apostolic Nuncio Charles Baulcombe, professor of appointment as Bishop prelate of to Burundi (29 Sept.). Sicuani. The Holy Father appointed Bishop botany at Cambridge University, Bejoy Nicephorus D’Cruze, OMI, as Great Britain, (26 Sept.). Archbishop of Dhaka. Until now he VICAR APOSTOLIC The Holy Father appointed as Or- has served as Bishop of Sylhet (30 CHANGES IN EP I S C O PAT E dinary Member of the Pontifical Sept.). The Holy Father appointed Bishop Academy of Sciences Prof. Fabiola The Holy Father appointed Fr Fran- Archbishop D’Cruze, 64, was Roberto Bergamaschi, SDB, titular Gianotti, director general of the cisco Agamenilton Damascena as born in Tuital, Bangladesh. Member Bishop of Ambia, as vicar apostolic Conseil européen pour la recherche of Gambella, Ethiopia. Until now he Bishop of the Diocese of Rubiataba- of the of Mary Immaculate, nucléaire (CERN) in Geneva, Switzer- has served as vicar apostolic of Mozarlândia, Brazil (23 Sept.). he was ordained a priest on 20 Feb- land (29 Sept.). Awasa (29 Sept.). Bishop-elect Agamenilton Damas- ruary 1987. He was ordained a bish- cena, 45, was born in Currais Novos, op on 6 May 2005, subsequent to PONTIFICAL ACADEMY OF FINE Brazil. He was ordained a priest on his appointment as Bishop of SPECIAL ENVOY 19 March 2001. He holds: a degree Khulna, Bangladesh. ARTS AND LETTERS OF THE in philosophy; a licence in philo- The Holy Father has appointed Car- VIRTUOSI AT THE PANTHEON sophy; a specialization in university The Holy Father accepted the resig- dinal Dominique Mamberti, Prefect teaching, and a doctorate in philo- nation from the pastoral care of the of the Supreme of the The Holy Father appointed as Or- diocese of Pasto, Colombia, presen- s o p h y. , as his Special dinary Member of the Pontifical ted by Bishop Julio Enrique Prado Envoy to preside at the celebration Academy of Fine Arts and Letters of Bolaños (1 Oct.). The Holy Father appointed Fr Mar- of Holy Mass on 28 November in the Virtuosi at the Pantheon the Ar- cial Humberto Guzmán Saballos as The Holy Father appointed Bishop the Basilica of Koekelberg in Brus- chitect Mr Jean-Marie Duthilleul for Bishop of Juigalpa, Nicaragua. Until Juan Carlos Cárdenas Toro as Bish- sels, on the occasion of the 50th an- the Class of Architects (18 Sept.).

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GENERAL AU D I E N C E

We need “zealous Christians who can act before people who have managerial responsibility, with the courage of Elijah”, Pope Francis said on Wednesday morning, 7 October, as he resumed his series of catecheses on prayer, which had been interrupted to address the theme of healing the world. The following is a translation of the Pope’s words which he offered in Italian from the Paul VI Hall.

The Pope resumes his reflections on prayer and speaks of the prophet Elijah We need zealous Christians who take action when facing those in power

Dear Brothers and Sisters, difficult to say which experiences those with managerial responsibil- not in the fierce storm, not in the Good morning! were most useful to him: the de- ity, with the courage of Elijah, to earthquake or the devouring fire, feat of the false prophets on say: “This must not be done! but in “a still small voice” (v. 12). Today, we resume our catechesis This is murder!”. We need Eli- Or better, a translation that re- on prayer, which we interrupted Mount Carmel (cf. 1 Kings 18:20- flects that experience well: in a for the catechesis on the care of 40), or the bewilderment in which jah’s spirit. He shows us that thread of resounding silence. This creation, and will now resume; he finds that he is “no better than there should be no dichotomy in and we meet one of the most his ancestors” (cf. 1 Kings 19:4). the life of those who pray: one is how God manifests himself to compelling characters in all of In the soul of those who pray, the stands before the Lord and goes Elijah. It is with this humble sign Sacred Scripture: the prophet Eli- sense of their own weakness is towards the brothers and sisters that God communicates with Eli- jah. He goes beyond the confines more precious than moments of to whom He sends us. Prayer is jah, who at that moment was a of his time, and we can also see exaltation, when it seems that life not about locking oneself up with fugitive prophet who had lost his presence in some of the epi- is a series of victories and suc- the Lord to put “make-up” on peace. God comes forward to sodes in the Gospels. He ap- cesses. This always happens in one’s soul: no, this is not prayer, meet a tired man, a man who peared at Jesus’ side, along with prayer: moments of prayer that this is false prayer. Prayer is a thought he had failed on all Moses, at the moment of the we feel lift us up, even of enthusi- confrontation with God, and al- fronts, and with that gentle Transfiguration (cf. Mt 17:3). asm, and moments of prayer of lowing oneself to be sent to serve breeze, with that thread of re- Jesus himself refers to him to give pain, aridity, trial. This is what one’s brothers and sisters. The sounding silence, He brings calm credit to the testimony of John prayer is: letting ourselves be car- touchstone of prayer is concrete and peace back into his heart. the Baptist (cf. Mt 17:10-13). ried by God, and also allowing love towards our neighbour. And This is the story of Elijah, but ourselves to be struck by unpleas- vice versa: believers act in the In the Bible, Elijah appears it seems written for all of us. ant situations and even tempta- world after having first kept silent suddenly, in a mysterious way, Some evenings we may feel use- tions. This is a reality found in and prayed; otherwise, their ac- coming from a small village that less and alone. It is then that many other biblical vocations, tion is impulsive, it is devoid of is completely marginal (cf. 1 prayer will come and knock on even in the New Testament; discernment, it is rushing without Kings 17:1); and in the end he the door of our hearts. We can all think, for example, of Saint Peter a destination. Believers behave leaves the scene, under the eyes gather a corner of Elijah’s cloak, and Saint Paul. Their lives were this way, they do many injustices of the Elisha, on a chari- just as his disciple Elisha collect- ot of fire that takes him to heaven like this too: moments of exulta- because they did not go to pray ed half his cloak. And even if we (cf. 2 Kings 2:11-12). He is there- tion and moments of low spirits, to the Lord first, to discern what have done something wrong, or if fore a man without a precise ori- of suffering. they must do. we feel threatened and frightened, gin, and above all without an Elijah is the man of contem- The pages of the Bible suggest when we return before God with end, carried off into heaven. For plative life and, at the same time, that Elijah’s faith also made pro- prayer, serenity and peace will re- this reason his return was exp ect- of active life, preoccupied with gress: he too grew in prayer, he turn as if by miracle. This is what ed before the coming of the Mes- the events of his time, capable of refined it little by little. God’s the example of Elijah teaches us. siah, as a precursor. Elijah’s re- clashing with the king and queen face came into focus for him as turn was thus awaited. after they had Nabot killed to he walked. He reached his peak SPECIAL GREETINGS Scripture presents Elijah as a take possession of his vineyard in that extraordinary experience, man of crystalline faith: his very (cf. 1 Kings 21:1-24). How much when God manifested himself to I welcome all the English- name, which may mean “Ya h w e h we need believers, zealous Chris- Elijah on the mount (cf. 1 Kings speaking pilgrims and visitors who is God”, encloses the secret of his tians who take action when facing 19:9-13). He manifested himself join us for today’s Audience. mission. He will be like this for Upon you and your families I in- the rest of his life: a man of in- voke the joy and peace of our tegrity, incapable of petty com- Lord Jesus Christ. God bless you! promises. His symbol is fire, the World Day of Social Communications theme Today is the Feast of Our Lady image of God’s purifying power. of the Rosary. Especially during He will be the first to be put to this month of October, I invite the test, and he will remain faith- “Come and See” everyone to rediscover the beauty ful. It is the example of all of praying the Rosary, which has people of faith who know tempta- “Come and see” (Jn 1:46). Communicating, encountering people nourished the faith of Christian tion and suffering, but do not fail as and where they are, is the theme Pope Francis has chosen for people throughout the centuries. to live up to the ideal for which the 55th World Day of Social Communications which will be cel- Lastly, as usual my thoughts they were born. ebrated in May 2021. “Come and see”. These words of the turn to the elderly, to young people, Prayer is the lifeblood that Apostle Philip are central to the Gospel. Even before words, to the sick and to newlyweds: They constantly nourishes his existence. Christian proclamation is made up of looks, testimonies, experi- are here right? Are there still This is why he is one of those ences, encounters, closeness. In a word, life. some courageous ones? I entrust most dear to the monastic tradi- In the current epochal change that obliges us to maintain social you to the maternal protection of tion, so much so that some have distance, communication can make possible the closeness needed the Mary, Mother of elected him as the spiritual father to recognize what is essential. It is not possible to know the truth Christ and our mother, so that of a life consecrated to God. Eli- if we do not experience it, if we do not meet people, if we do not each of you may be a joyful wit- jah is the man of God, who participate in their joys and sorrows. The old saying, “God meets ness to Christ’s charity. stands as a defender of the you where you are”, can be a guide for those engaged in media or primacy of the Most High. And communications work in the Church. In the call to the first dis- yet, he too is forced to come to ciples, we can also see the invitation to use all media, in all its terms with his own frailties. It is forms, to reach people as they are and where they live. page 4 L’OSSERVATORE ROMANO Friday, 9 October 2020, number 41

On the Holy Father’s Encyclical “Fratelli Tutti”

Pope Francis’ gratitude Looking at others as brothers and sisters in order Thank you to the translators to save ourselves and the world

ANDREA TORNIELLI “Christ in each human being, recogniz- ing him crucified in the sufferings of We are surrounded by “dark clouds the abandoned and forgotten of our over a closed world”, but there are world, and risen in each or sis- those who do not surrender to the ap- ter who makes a new start”. However, proaching darkness and who continue the message of fraternity can be wel- to dream, to hope and to ‘get their comed, understood and shared also by hands dirty’, committing themselves to men and women who are believers of creating fraternity and social friendship. other faiths, as well as by many women The third world War being fought and men who are non-believers. piecemeal has already begun; the logic The new Encyclical presents itself as of a market founded on profit appears a summation of Francis’ social magis- victorious against good politics; the terium, and collects in a systematic way throwaway culture appears to be pre- the inspiration offered by addresses, dis- vailing; people’s cry of hunger goes un- courses and interventions of the first heeded; but there are those who point seven years of his pontificate. The to a concrete path to build a different “Document on Human Fraternity for and more human world. World Peace and Living Together”, Five years ago Pope Francis pub- signed on 4 February 2019 in Abu Dh- lished the Encyclical Laudato Si’, mak- abi along with the Grand Imam of Al- On Saturday afternoon, 3 October, the Holy Father went to Assisi on ing us grasp in a clear way the existing a private visit to sign the Encyclical Letter “Fratelli Tutti” on Azhar, Ahmad Al Tayyib, was certainly connections between the environmental a part of its origin and inspiration. fraternity and social friendship, which was published the following day crisis, social crises, war, migration and From that joint declaration, a milestone on the feast day of Saint Francis of Assisi. At approximately 3:00 pm poverty. And he indicated a goal to be in the dialogue among religions, the Pope Francis arrived at the Holy Convent where he celebrated Holy reached: that of an economic and social Pope re-launches the appeal for the ad- Mass at the tomb of the Poverello of Assisi. At the end of the system that is more just and respectful option of dialogue as the path, joint Eucharistic celebration, he thanked Msgr Paolo Braida, of the First of creation, with man at its centre as collaboration as the behaviour and mu- Section of the Secretariat of State, and two translators of the custodian of mother earth, and not tual understanding as the method and Encyclical. He then signed the first copy of the Document, before money raised to an absolute divinity. With the new social Encyclical Fra t e l l i criteria. returning to the Vatican. The following is a translation of the Holy It would be reductive to relegate the Fa t h e r ’s words at the end of the Celebration. Tu t t i , today the Successor of Peter shows us the concrete path to achieve new encyclical only to the aspect of in- I will now sign the Encyclical, which will be brought to the altar that goal: recognizing ourselves as terreligious dialogue. The message of by Msgr Paolo Braida, who is responsible for translations and also brothers and sisters, siblings because we Fratelli Tutti concerns each one of us. the Pope’s discourses at the First Section [of the Secretariat of are the children [of God], custodians of And it contains illuminating pages also State]. He oversees everything and this is why I wanted him to be one another, all on the same boat, as on social and political commitment. It present here, today, and to bring me the Encyclical. Two transla- the pandemic has highlighted even may seem a paradox that the Bishop of tors have come with him: Fr Antonio, translator in Portuguese, more. The way for us not to surrender , a voice in the desert, should who translated from Spanish to Portuguese, and Fr Cruz, who is to the temptation of the homo homini today re-launch a project for good Spanish, and who oversaw the other translations from the Spanish lupus, of the new walls, of isolation, is politics. Politics capable of taking back original. I do so as a sign of gratitude to the entire First Section to look instead to the evangelical icon its proper role, which for too long has of the Secretariat of State, which has worked on the draft and of the Good Samaritan which is so cur- been delegated to finance and the translation. rent and outside the box. fairytale of markets that would produce The path indicated by Pope Francis wellbeing to all without the need of be- ing regulated. There is an entire chapter [He then signs the Encyclical] is based on the message of Jesus who makes all foreignness crumble. The dedicated to political action lived as ser- They are humble, these translators; they hide themselves away! Christian is in fact called to discover vice and witness of charity, that is fuelled by lofty ideals and makes plans for the future, thinking not of small electoral advantages, but rather of the common good and especially the future Conference for the presentation of the of new generations. Once again at a time when many countries are closing themselves off, it is the Pope himself Encyclical “Fratelli Tutti” held at the Synod Hall who formulates the invitation not to lose trust in international bodies, which The Encyclical Fratelli Tutti was presented at a con- traditions, between believers and non-believers, and are also in need of reform, so that not ference in the Synod Hall on Sunday morning, 4 among all persons of good will”. Indeed, the Car- only the strongest count. October. In the presence of Secretary of State Car- dinal noted, “Fratelli Tutti makes us all feel closer to Among the more powerful pages of the Encyclical are those dedicated to the dinal , commentary was given by Car- the love of Christ and the Church, and it encour- condemnation of war and the rejection dinal Ángel Ayuso Guixot, President of the Ponti- ages us to place ourselves, all together, at the service of the death penalty. In the wake of fical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, Judge Mo- of the fraternity of this world”. Pacem in terris giovannea, beginning hamed Mahmoud Abdel Salam, Secretary General Judge Abdel Salam recalled that he had accom- with a realistic look at the catastrophic of the Higher Committee of Human Fraternity, panied Pope Francis and the Grand Imam of Al- outcome that many human conflicts in Anna Rowlands, lecturer at Durham University, Azhar “in the various stages of the journey of Hu- the last decades have caused to the lives UK, and Andrea Riccardi, founder of the Sant’Egi- man Fraternity over the last decade”. In reading of millions of innocent people, Francis dio Community. The conference was moderated by Fr a n c i s ’new Encyclical, he said, “I identified a re- reminds us that it is much more diffi- , Director of the Press Office. fined taste, an incisive sensibility and an ability to cult today to support rational criteria [https://www.vaticannews.va/en/p op e/news/2020-10/ express the themes of human fraternity to the whole developed in other centuries, to speak fratelli-tutti-encyclical-fraternity-so cial-friendship- world”. The text, he said, “is an appeal to concord of a possible “just war”. In the same p re s e n t e d . h t m l ] to a world in discord, as well as a clear message in way the use of the death penalty is un- In his remarks, Cardinal Guixot thanked Pope favour of both individual and collective harmony justifiable and unacceptable and must Francis “for the impetus he has given to interreli- with the laws of the universe, the world and life. be abolished throughout the world. gious dialogue since the very beginning of his pon- This notion relies on a clear reasoning that is rooted It is true as the Pope notes, that “In tificate”, noting in particular that “interreligious dia- in the truth and is practicable in real life and in the to day’s world, the sense of belonging to logue is truly at the heart of the reflections and ac- real world”. a single human family is fading, and the tions of Pope Francis”. By viewing “respect and In her address, Prof. Rowlands observed that “the dream of working together for justice friendship as two fundamental attitudes”, the Car- Encyclical Letter Fratelli Tutti is about love and at- and peace seems an outdated utopia”. dinal continued, “Pope Francis has opened another tention — the kind of attention that brings a broken But there is a need to return to dream- door, so that the oxygen of fraternity can enter into ing and above all to achieve that dream the dialogue between persons of different religious CONTINUED ON PA G E 5 together. Before it is too late. number 41, Friday, 9 October 2020 L’OSSERVATORE ROMANO page 5

A Document on fraternity and social friendship “Take and pray” On the Holy Father’s new Encyclical ‘Fratelli Tutti’

KEVIN W. I RWIN and challenge — the common good — is cited and explored here in nu- merous ways. Intro duction Continuity and Contributions In chapter twelve of his Confessions, St. Augustine recounts being in his Like almost all encyclicals, Fra t e l l i garden in an agitated state, not to tutti is thoroughly researched and say personal turmoil. He writes documented. Pope Francis cites his about hearing the voice of a child immediate predecessors in the say, “Take and read.” He picked up papacy for their teachings on many a bible and read a passage from the things, including the economy and New Testament. He experienced an the death penalty. These are not-so- inner calm and deepened his resolve subtle reminders that he did not in- to dedicate himself to God. When vent these positions. He in- you take up this encyclical, I urge herited and then applied them to you not just to “re a d ” it but to today. Other sources range from “pray” it. In the opening lines of Latin authors from the ancient Fratelli tutti Pope Francis quotes his world, to contemporary philosophers patron, who addressing his follow- to a novelist to a playwright! ers, “proposed to them a way of life marked by the flavor of the Gospel.” I daresay it is that simple. But it is Where and Who Are We? also enormously difficult. The first chapter of the encyclical “a new vision of fraternity and social Vatican “ro l l o u t ” of the encyclical at is an enormously insightful “re a d ” A Way of Life friendship that will not remain on noon on the feast itself was marked on our situation in the world. It typ- the level of words.” In today’s par- by a meeting with Vatican Sec- ifies the “see, judge, act” metho d Fratelli tutti is not about making lance, he wants us to “walk the retary of State Cardinal Parolin and that the pope has employed in sev- adjustments here and there to our walk,” not just “talk the talk.” It is a the Muslim leader of a joint com- eral documents. Spoiler alert: this is personal and communal lives. primer on the Catholic Christian mission established after Pope Fran- not an easy read. It is like a precise Rather it is nothing less than about way of viewing life and living life in cis’ visit to Abu-Dhabi in February medical diagnosis, which then leads a way to reread and to live the Gospel dialogue among all people of good 2019. In “Vatican-sp eak,”this is a to treatment and as close to a cure for our times. What the pope writes will. big deal. as we, brothers and sisters all, can is needed for us to survive not only Fr a n c i s ’ encyclical Laudato Si’ was come. the coronavirus pandemic (which is also inspired by St. Francis. There, sparingly mentioned in a treatise far A Quintessential the pope acknowledges the influence more wide ranging than even this Pope Francis Document of Bartholomew on his Two Lenses on the World death-dealing virus) but for the con- thinking about care for creation. In Laudato Si’ and Fratelli tutti a re temporary world to survive. It is Pope Francis dedicates Fra t e l l i Fratelli tutti, the pope acknowledges not your typical papal encyclicals. that serious. It is that compelling. It tutti to his namesake, Francis of As- the influence of the Grand Imam They are both addressed to men and is that demanding. sisi, at whose tomb he celebrated Ahmad Al-Tayyeb from his trip to women of all faiths and places, not The Pope calls this his second Mass the day before its publication Abu Dabi. That modern only Catholics or the hierarchy. “social encyclical.” He wants to offer date, the feast of St. Francis. The travel is now a given. What they say and do on the trips, as well as the They offer a way to look at our destinations themselves, reveal many world and at life itself. They are not things. The same is true of Pope about in-house theological fine tun- Fr a n c i s ’ trip to a largely Muslim na- ing. These encyclicals serve as lenses Presentation of the Pope’s Encyclical tion. through which we look at everything This encyclical is an invitation for — yes, everything. The glasses are by all of us to broaden our perspective no means rose colored. But both of to view a “world without borders” the lenses are tinted with the virtue CONTINUED FROM PA G E 4 peace is everybody’s task: we must (nn. 3-8) and to view every single of hope, so necessary and so needed engage every day in daring and person on the planet, and yes the n o w. and bleeding world back to health. creative rebellion against war. If planet itself, as brother and sister. In It is a social meditation on the many can make war, all can be ar- particular, he pleads on behalf of the Good Samaritan, who recognizes tisans of peace”. C o u n t e rc u l t u r a l world’s poor on the margins of soci- love and attention as the preemin- Prof. Riccardi reads in Fra t e l l i ety, as well as the handicapped, the In the first weeks when the ent law, and models for us creative Tu t t i “not only a condemnation of infirm and the elderly who often live coronavirus was unleashed on an un- social friendship”. With his text, war, but also the hope that peace is on the margins but who ought to be suspecting worldwide population, she said, Pope Francis is asking us p ossible”, recalling the words of at the center. one political leader kept saying, “we “to see the basic, indispensable re- Saint Pope John Paul II, “when he are in this together.” That phrase lation of all things and people, said together with other religious could well be an additional subtitle near and far. In its simplicity of leaders in Assisi, on a glorious day Conversion of Life to this text. “We are in this togeth- call”, she continued, “Fratelli Tutti back in 1986: ‘Peace awaits its Fratelli tutti is a fulsome docu- er” means raising up to be our best is a devastating challenge to our prophets ... its builders ... peace is ment written in an invitational style. selves and being “the good Samarit- ecological, political, economic and a workshop, open to all and not Nevertheless, be prepared for an un- an” to one another. Many welcomed social life. But above all it is a pro- just to specialists, savants and remitting invitation to nothing less the insight and challenge. Many re- clamation of an ineradicable, joyful strategists ... it comes about in a than a conversion of life in light of sented it, defending themselves with truth, presented here as a well- thousand little acts in daily life.’ Pope Francis’ astute assessment of “I,” “me,” and “my” pronouns. Fra - spring for a fatigued world”. The artisans of peace are men and the brokenness and polarization of telli tutti is about the plural pro- Prof. Riccardi described that women of fraternity”. In the Encyc- to day’s world. This includes the nouns: “we,” “o u r, ”and “us.” We are “the Encyclical shows us that we lical, the Professor said, “Pop e scandal of rampant personal and in- in this together, all on our common are all guardians of peace” and Francis proposes true dreams to the stitutional individualism and the home. that “institutions have the task to global world that has switched off need for religious bodies to come to- Fratelli tutti is a profound encyc- reawaken the ‘architecture of the beacons of the great values and gether in “fraternity and social lical. It can change minds and p eace’. However, we, normal ideals. I recall just one, not the least friendship” in order to witness to hearts. It can be one avenue to do people, cannot remain on the side- one of them but the one everything counter cultural values before the nothing less than “renew the face of lines”, because, he said, “the art of else depends upon: peace”. world. The Catholic characteristic the earth.” Take and pray. number 41, Friday, 9 October 2020 L’OSSERVATORE ROMANO page 6/7

“FR AT E L L I TUTTI”

The Social Encyclical of Pope Francis

Summary of the Encyclical “Fratelli Tutti” resents one of the most valuable forms of charity because it is placed at the service of the com- A tool for peacebuilding mon good (180) and recognizes the importance of people, understood as an open category, available for Fraternity and social friendship are to promote a universal aspiration definitively eliminate hunger and discussion and dialogue (160). In a the ways the Pontiff indicates to build toward fraternity and social friend- trafficking. At the same time, Pope certain sense, this is the populism a better, more just and peaceful world, ship. Beginning with our common Francis underscores that a more indicated by Francis, which coun- with the contribution of all: people membership in the human family, just world is achieved by promot- ters that “p opulism”which ignores and institutions. With an emphatic from the acknowledgement that we ing peace, which is not merely the the legitimacy of the notion of confirmation of a ‘no’ to war and to are brothers and sisters because we absence of war; it demands “crafts- “p eople”, byattracting consensuses globalized indifference. are the children of one Creator, all manship”, a job that involves in order to exploit them for its in the same boat, and hence we everyone. Linked to truth, peace own service and fomenting selfish- What are the great ideals but also need to be aware that in a global- and reconciliation must be “p ro a c t - ness in order to increase its own the social community and history; city to love according to “a univer- principal of the universal destina- international collaboration for mi- the tangible ways to advance for ized and interconnected world, ive”; they must work toward justice popularity (159). But a better polit- selfishness and indifference toward sal dimension” (83) is also resumed tion of created goods (120). The gration which implements long- those who wish to build a more only together can we be saved. The through dialogue, in the name of ics is also one that protects work, the common good; the prevalence in the third chapter, “Envisaging Encyclical also places specific em- term planning, going beyond just and fraternal world in their or- Document on Human Fraternity mutual development. This begets an “essential dimension of social of a market logic based on profit and engendering an open world”. In phasis on the issue of foreign debt: single emergencies (132), on behalf dinary relationships, in social life, signed by Francis and the Grand the Pontiff’s condemnation of war, life”, and seeks to ensure everyone and the culture of waste; unem- this chapter Francis exhorts us to subject to the principal that it must of the supportive development of politics and institutions? This is Imam of Al-Azhar in February the “negation of all rights” and is the opportunity to develop their ployment, racism, poverty; the dis- go “‘outside’ the self” in order to be paid, it is hoped nonetheless all peoples based on the principle mainly the question that “Fra t e l l i 2019 is an inspirational influence no longer conceivable even in a hy- own abilities (162). The best help parity of rights and its aberrations find “a fuller existence in another” that this does not compromise the of gratuitousness. In this way, Tu t t i ” is intended to answer: the cited many times. pothetically “justified” form, be- to a poor person, the Pontiff ex- such as slavery, trafficking, women (88), opening ourselves up to the growth and subsistence of the countries will be able to think as Pope describes it as a “Social En- Fraternity is to be encouraged cause nuclear, chemical and biolo- plains, is not just money, which is subjugated and then forced to other according to the dynamism poorest countries (126). “human family” (139-141). Others cyclical” (6) which borrows the not only in words, but in deeds. gical weapons already have enorm- a provisional remedy, but rather al- abort, organ trafficking (10-24). It of charity which makes us tend to- who are different from us are a gift title of the “Admonitions” of Saint Deeds made tangible in a “b etter ous repercussions on innocent ci- lowing him or her to have a digni- deals with global problems that ward “universal fulfilment” (95). In and an enrichment for all, Francis Francis of Assisi, who used these kind of politics”, which is not sub- vilians. There is also a strong rejec- fied life through work. The true call for global actions, emphasizes the background — the Encyclical Migrants: global governance for writes, because differences repres- words to “address his brothers and ordinated to financial interests, but tion of the death penalty, defined anti-poverty strategy does not the Pope, also sounding the alarm recalls — the spiritual stature of a long-term planning ent an opportunity for growth (133- sisters and proposed to them a way to serving the common good, able as “inadmissible”, and a central re- simply aim to contain or render in- against a “culture of walls” that fa- p erson’s lifeis measured by love, 135). A healthy culture is a welcom- of life marked by the flavour of the to place the dignity of every hu- flection on forgiveness, connected Meanwhile, part of the second digents inoffensive, but to promote vours the proliferation of organized which always “takes first place” ing culture that is able to open up Gosp el” (1). The P o v e re l l o “did not man being at the centre and assure to the concepts of remembrance and the entire fourth chapter are them in the perspective of solidar- crime, fuelled by fear and loneli- and leads us to seek better for the to others, without renouncing it- wage a war of words aimed at im- work to everyone, so that each one and justice: to forgive does not dedicated to the theme of migra- ity and subsidiarity (187). The task ness (27-28). Moreover, today we life of the other, far from all self, offering them something au- posing doctrines; he simply spread can develop his or her own abilit- mean to forget, the Pontiff writes, tion, the latter, entitled “A heart of politics, moreover, is to find a observe a deterioration of ethics selfishness (92-93). thentic. As in a polyhedron – an the love of God”, the Pope writes, ies. A politics which, removed from nor to give up defending one’s open to the whole world”. With their solution to all that attacks funda- (29), contributed to, in a certain image dear to the Pontiff – the and “he became a father to all and populism, is able to find solutions rights to safeguard one’s dignity, lives “at stake” (37), fleeing from mental human rights, such as so- way, by the mass media which whole is more than its single parts, inspired the vision of a fraternal to what attacks fundamental hu- which is a gift from God. In the war, persecution, natural cata- cial exclusion; the marketing of or- shatter respect for others and elim- Rights have no borders; ethics but the value of each one of them background of the Encyclical is the strophes, unscrupulous trafficking, gans, tissues, weapons and drugs; so ciety”(2-4). The Encyclical aims man rights and which aims to inate all discretion, creating isol- are required in international is respected (145-146). Covid-19 pandemic which, Francis ripped from their communities of sexual exploitation; slave labour; ated and self-referential virtual re l a t i o n s origin, migrants are to be wel- terrorism and organized crime. The reveals, “unexpectedly erupted” as circles, in which freedom is an illu- he “was writing this letter”. But the A fraternal society, therefore, will comed, protected, supported and Politics, one of the most Pope makes an emphatic appeal to sion and dialogue is not construct- be one that promotes educating in integrated. Unnecessary migration definitively eliminate human traf- global health emergency has ive (42-50). valuable forms of charity helped demonstrate that “no one dialogue in order to defeat the needs to be avoided, the Pontiff af- ficking, a “source of shame for hu- can face life in isolation” and that “v i ru s ” of “radical individualism” firms, by creating concrete oppor- The theme of the fifth chapter is the time has truly come to “d re a m , Love builds bridges: the (105) and to allow everyone to give tunities to live with dignity in the “A better kind of politics”, which rep- CONTINUED ON PA G E 8 countries of origin. But at the same then, as a single human family” in example of the Good Samaritan the best of themselves. Beginning which we are “brothers and sisters with protection of the family and time, we need to respect the right all” (7-8). To many shadows, however, the respect for its “primary and vital to seek a better life elsewhere. In Encyclical responds with a lumin- mission of education” (114). There receiving countries, the right bal- ous example, a herald of hope: the are two ‘to ols’in particular to ance will be between the protection On Sunday, 4 October, the Global problems call for Good Samaritan. The second achieve this type of society: bene- of citizens’ rights and the guaran- Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, A stranger on the road global actions, chapter, “ ”, is volence, or truly wanting good for tee of welcome and assistance for Ahmad Al-Tayyeb, tweeted dedicated to this figure. In it, the the other (112), and solidarity migrants (38-40). Specifically, the ‘no’ to a “culture of walls” his reaction to Pope Francis’ Pope emphasizes that, in an un- which cares for fragility and is ex- Pope points to several “indisp ens- Opened by a brief introduction healthy society that turns its back pressed in service to people and able steps, especially in response to Encyclical “Fratelli Tutti”. and divided into eight chapters, on suffering and that is “illiterate” not to ideologies, fighting against those who are fleeing grave hu- the Encyclical gathers — as the in caring for the frail and vulner- poverty and inequality (115). The manitarian crises”: to increase and “My brother, Pope Fran- Pope himself explains — many of able (64-65), we are all called — right to live with dignity cannot be simplify the granting of visas; to cis’s message, Fratelli tutti, his statements on fraternity and so- just like the Good Samaritan — to denied to anyone, the Pope again open humanitarian corridors; to as- is an extension of the cial friendship, arranged, however, become neighbours to others (81), affirms, and since rights have no sure lodging, security and essential Document on Human Fra- “in a broader context of reflection” overcoming prejudices, personal in- borders, no one can remain ex- services; to offer opportunities for ternity, and reveals a glob- and complemented by “a number terests, historic and cultural barri- cluded, regardless of where they employment and training; to fa- al reality in which the vul- of letters, documents” sent to Fran- ers. We all, in fact, are co-respons- are born (121). In this perspective vour family reunification; to pro- nerable and marginalized cis by “many individuals and ible in creating a society that is the Pontiff also calls us to consider tect minors; to guarantee religious pay the price for unstable groups throughout the world” (5). able to include, integrate and lift “an ethics of international rela- freedom and promote social inclu- positions and decisions… In the first chapter, “Dark clouds up those who have fallen or are tions” (126), because every country sion. The Pope also calls for estab- It is a message that is di- over a closed world”, the document suffering (77). Love builds bridges also belongs to foreigners and the lishing in society the concept of reflects on the many distortions of and “we were made for love” (88), goods of the territory cannot be “full citizenship”, and to reject the re c t ed to people of good the contemporary era: the manipu- the Pope adds, particularly exhort- denied to those who are in need discriminatory use of the term will, whose consciences are lation and deformation of concepts ing Christians to recognize Christ and come from another place. “minorities” (129-131). What is alive, and restores to hu- such as democracy, freedom, in the face of every excluded per- Thus, the natural right to private needed above all — the document manity consciousness”. justice; the loss of the meaning of son (85). The principle of the capa- property will be secondary to the reads — is global governance, an Pope Francis with the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, Ahmed Al-Tayyeb page 8 L’OSSERVATORE ROMANO Friday, 9 October 2020, number 41

Summary of the Holy Father’s Encyclical “Fratelli Tutti”

CONTINUED FROM PA G E 6 is not a solution – we read in the power of evil and the desire for re- Guarantee religious freedom, a Encyclical – because without uni- venge. Never forget “h o r ro r s ” like fundamental human right manity”, and hunger, which is versal principals and moral norms the Shoah, the atomic bombing of “criminal” because food is “an in- that prohibit intrinsic evil, laws Hiroshima and Nagasaki, persecu- In the eighth and final chapter, alienable right” (188-189). become merely arbitrary imposi- tions and ethnic massacres – ex- the Pontiff focuses on “Religions at tions (206). From this perspective, horts the Pope. They must be re- the service of fraternity in our world” and again emphasizes that violence a particular role falls to the media membered always, anew, so as not The marketplace, by itself, has no basis in religious convic- which, without exploiting human be become anaesthetized and to cannot resolve every problem. tions, but rather in their deformit- weaknesses or drawing out the keep the flame of collective con- ies. Thus, “deplorable” acts, such It requires a reform of the UN worst in us, must be directed to- science alive. It is just as import- ward generous encounter and to as acts of terrorism, are not due to The politics we need, Francis ant to remember the good, and religion but to erroneous interpret- closeness with the least, promoting also underscores, is one that says those who have chosen forgiveness ations of religious texts, as well as proximity and the sense of human ‘no’ to corruption, to inefficiency, and fraternity (246-252). “policies linked to hunger, poverty, family (205). Then, of particular to the malign use of power, to the injustice, oppression”. Terrorism note, is the Pope’s reference to the lack of respect for laws (177). It is must not be supported with either miracle of “kindness”, an attitude Never again war, a failure of a politics centred on human dig- money or weapons, much less with to be recovered because it is a star humanity nity and not subjected to finance media coverage, because it is an in- “shining in the midst of darkness” because “the marketplace, by it- Part of the seventh chapter, ternational crime against security and “frees us from the cruelty ... self, cannot resolve every prob- then, focuses on war: it is not “a and world peace, and as such must lem”: the “havo c”wreaked by fin- the anxiety ... the frantic flurry of ghost from the past” –Francis em- be condemned (282-283). At the ancial speculation has demon- activity” that prevail in the con- phasizes – “but a constant threat”, same time the Pope underscores strated this (168). Hence, popular temporary era. A kind person, and it represents “the negation of that a journey of peace among reli- all rights”, “a failure of politics gions is possible and that it is and of humanity”, and “a stinging therefore necessary to guarantee re- defeat before the forces of evil” ligious freedom, a fundamental hu- which lies in their “abyss”. man right for all believers (279). #SaintFrancis of Assisi, this saint Moreover, due to nuclear chemical The Encyclical reflects, in particu- and biological weapons that strike lar, on the role of the Church: she of fraternal love, simplicity and joy, many innocent civilians, today we does not “restrict her mission to who inspired me to write the Encyclical Laudato Si’, can no longer think, as in the the private sphere”, it states. She does not remain at the margins of prompts me once more to devote this new Encyclical past, of the possibility of a “just war”, but we must vehemently re- society and, while not engaging in politics, however, she does not re- to fraternity and social friendship. #FratelliTutti affirm: “Never again war!” And nounce the political dimension of considering that we are experien- life itself. Attention to the common (@Pontifex) cing a “world war fought piece- good and concern for integral hu- meal”, because all conflicts are in- man development, in fact, concern terconnected, the total elimination humanity, and all that is human of nuclear arms is “a moral and concerns the Church, according to movements have taken on particu- writes Francis, creates a healthy humanitarian imperative”. With lar relevance: as true “social poets” coexistence and opens paths in evangelical principals (276-278). the money invested in weapons, Lastly, reminding religious leaders with that “torrent of moral en- places where exasperation burns the Pope suggests instead the es- of their role as “authentic mediat- e rg y ”, they must be engaged in so- bridges (222-224). tablishment of a global fund for ors” who expend themselves in or- cial, political and economic parti- the elimination of hunger (255- der to build peace, Francis quotes cipation, subject, however, to 262). the “Document on Human Fratern- greater coordination. In this way – The art of peace and the ity for World Peace and Living To- the Pope states – it will be pos- importance of forgiveness gether”, which he signed on 4 Feb- sible to go beyond a Policy “with” The death penalty is The value and promotion of ruary 2019 in Abu Dhabi, along and “of” the poor (169). Another peace is reflected on in the sev- inadmissible, to be abolished with the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, hope present in the Encyclical re- enth chapter, “Paths of renewed en- worldwide Ahmad Al-Tayyib: from that mile- gards the reform of the UN: in counter”, in which the Pope under- stone of interreligious dialogue, the the face of the predominance of Francis expresses just as clear a lines that peace is connected to Pontiff returns to the appeal that, the economic dimension which position with regard to the death truth, justice and mercy. Far from in the name of human fraternity, nullifies the power of the indi- penalty: it is inadmissible and the desire for vengeance, it is dialogue be adopted as the way, vidual state, in fact, the task of the must be abolished worldwide, be- “p ro a c t i v e ” and aims at forming a common cooperation as conduct, United Nations will be to give cause “not even a murderer loses society based on service to others and mutual knowledge as method substance to the concept of a and on the pursuit of reconcili- his personal dignity” — the Pope and standard (285). “family of nations” working for ation and mutual development writes — “and God himself the common good, the eradication (227-229). In a society, everyone pledges to guarantee this”. From of indigence and the protection of must feel “at home”, the Pope here, two exhortations: do not Blessed Charles de Foucauld, human rights. Tireless recourse “to writes. Thus, peace is an “art” that view punishment as vindictive, but “the universal brother” negotiation, mediation and arbit- involves and regards everyone and rather as part of a process of heal- The Encyclical concludes by re- ration” – the Papal Document in which each one must do his or ing and of social reintegration, states – the UN must promote the membering Martin Luther King, her part. Peace-building is “an and to improve prison conditions, Desmond Tutu, Mahatma Gandhi force of law rather than the law of open-ended endeavour, a never- with respect for the human dignity force, by favouring multilateral ac- and above all Blessed Charles de ending task”, the Pope continues, of the inmates, also considering Foucauld, a model for everyone of cords that better protect even the and thus it is important to place that “a life sentence is a secret weakest states (173-175). what it means to identify with the the human person, his or her dig- death penalty” (263-269). There is least in order to become “the uni- nity and the common good at the emphasis on the necessity to re- versal brother” (286-287). The last The miracle of kindness centre of all activity (230-232). spect “the sacredness of life” (283) lines of the Document are given Forgiveness is linked to peace: we where today “some parts of our to two prayers: one “to the Creat- From the sixth chapter, “Dia- must love everyone, without ex- human family, it appears, can be or” and the other an “Ecumenical logue and friendship in society”, fur- ception – the Encyclical reads – readily sacrificed”, such as the un- Christian Prayer, so that the heart ther emerges the concept of life as but loving an oppressor means born, the poor, the disabled and of mankind may harbour “a spirit the “art of encounter” with every- helping him to change and not al- the elderly (18). of fraternity”. one, even with the world’s peri- lowing him to continue oppressing pheries and with original peoples, his neighbour. On the contrary: because “each of us can learn one who suffers an injustice must something from others. No one is vigorously defend his rights in or- Pope Francis’ Encyclical Letter Fratelli Tutti on fraternity and useless and no one is expendable” der to safeguard his dignity, a gift so cialfriendship, signed in Assisi at the tomb of Saint Francis on 3 (215). True dialogue, indeed, is of God (241-242). Forgiveness does October 2020, is available in English at: what allows one to respect the not mean impunity, but rather, point of view of others, their legit- justice and remembrance, because http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/do cuments/ imate interests and, above all, the to forgive does not mean to forget, papa-francesco_20201003_enciclica-fratelli-tutti.html. truth of human dignity. Relativism but to renounce the destructive number 41, Friday, 9 October 2020 L’OSSERVATORE ROMANO page 9

A Document on fraternity and social friendship

The urgency to stop and reflect in order to recover human dignity

CONTINUED FROM PA G E 1 mercy and viscera). This is precisely the point to depart from, from the ever more globalized, it makes us visceral gesture of the Samaritan neighbours, but does not make us who does none other than stop, as b ro t h e r s ” (a quote from Benedict opposed to the other characters, XVI’s Caritas in Veritate, one of the probably overcome with haste; in a most-often cited texts in the Encyc- constantly running world the Pope’s lical), develops in a positive and voice is one that asks, urgently begs propositional way for the purpose of us to stop in order to recover the “envisaging and engendering an sense of human dignity, both one’s open world” (chapter 3), laying the own and that of others. To remain groundwork for “a better kind of faithful to oneself, to that “essential p olitics” (chapter 5), creating condi- ... aspect of our common humanity”, each day. Of these, the four central future. Because only when the future tions for “dialogue and friendship in the Pope tells us that it is absolutely pages will become a removable in- is received as a positive and possible so ciety” (chapter six), and opening necessary today to restore humanity sert with a thematic background: the reality does the present also become “paths of renewed encounter” with its dignity, which is just as pre- Tuesday afternoon Q u a t t ro p a g i n e livable”. To be a spokesperson of (chapter 7), to reach the conclusion cious as it is fragile, and must be [“four pages] will provide the weekly hope the Christian must seek “a that highlights the decisive role of protected and nurtured every day cultural section; Wednesday after- positive view of people and of facts, “religions at the service of fraternity and everywhere, always. noon: Religio, dedicated to the rejecting prejudices” in order to in our world” (chapter 8). Church as a field hospital on the “foster a culture of encounter Thus, it is a very dense text that paths of the world on which other through which it is possible to know compels the reader to stop and read *** religions are encountered; Thursday reality with a confident outlook”. attentively in order to reflect, medit- On Sunday morning in Saint afternoon: La settimana di Papa L’Osservatore Romano makes these ate and then, lastly, to act. In this Pe t e r ’s Square, there was a beautiful Fra n c e s c o [Pope Francis’ week], fo- words of the Pope its own, and is newspaper, starting in the coming celebration of the people at the mo- cusing on the Pontiff’s words and committed to telling the stories of days, the reader will be offered keys ment of the Angelus. It was a gestures; Friday afternoon: At l a n t e the present and past (the history of to reading the entire text, with all its double celebration for the staff of [“Atlas”], providing weekly interna- the Church is always contemporary) eight chapters, so as to delve deeper L’Osservatore Romano which finally, tional information, chronicling a with a positive gaze, directed toward by activating a neither superficial after a six-month lock-down that globalized world. the future. A professional approach nor emotional process of awareness. halted the printing of the paper in Two key words may illustrate the which thus relies on the imagination Now a first, simple reflection may hardcopy, returned to publishing the meaning of this project of refresh- and creativity that seeks to give suffice — almost an impression — on daily edition on paper in a new ment and renewal: integration and voice to those who have none, to tell the theme of dignity, one of the format and with a new appearance. hope. The first refers to a twofold of the good that silently makes its most often recurring words in the It was not merely a “re t u r n ” to pa- relationship: that between a hard- way, to illuminate the hope that also Encyclical, examining a single pas- per but the fulfilment of a reform copy and digital newspaper, and blossoms in the most tragic situ- sage, point 68 of the text, taken project that was a long time in the that relating to the integration of ations, to make heard the cries and from chapter two, in which the Holy making. A daily newspaper, for ety- L’Osservatore Romano into the sys- expectations of the least and of Father focuses on the text of the mological reasons as well, cannot be tem of . The period of those thrown away who often Gospel of Luke dedicated to the “up dated”,especially if it is an inter- suspension during the pandemic struggle to find room in the flow of Parable of the Good Samaritan. The national publication issued in seven provided a strong push to the devel- daily news. Precisely in this acceler- chapter is entitled “A stranger on languages, which reaches readers on opment of the newspaper in the di- ated time in which the frenetic pace the road” and begins with a true and all the continents of the planet. gital world for which today the daily of information seems to inundate us, proper exegesis of Jesus’ w o rd s , The update provides for a renewal edition is available on the web we need to stop to reflect and there- which allows the Pope to reflect in graphics and content in order to (www.osservatoreromano.va) thanks fore see inside and beyond the news along with the reader on the fact offer the reader more in-depth ana- to the new app which can be down- in order to understand, allowing that the care given by the Samaritan lysis. This, “deep ening”, is the word loaded free from both the AppStore reality to surprise us, call us into “speaks to us of an essential and of- dear to Saint Paul VI, who inspired and PlayStore. On the other hand question, move us. Only if we man- ten forgotten aspect of our common the plan for a “new” Osservatore Ro- the newspaper, founded in July 1861, age to stop ourselves from the flow humanity: we were created for a ful- mano. The newspaper you have in for many decades the Holy See’s of the activism that risks stunning us filment that can only be found in your hands (finally we can use this only means of communication, is and dulling our sensitivity, will we love. We cannot be indifferent to phrase), has a slightly smaller format today surrounded by a series of oth- manage to do as the Good Samarit- suffering; we cannot allow anyone to than its predecessor, which means er mass media, beginning with Vat- an, to understand that there is a go through life as an outcast. In- the number of pages increasing to 12 ican Radio and the internet portal stranger along the road, but that if stead, we should feel indignant, , which are integrated we approach he ceases to be a challenged to emerge from our com- in a process that coordinates the stranger and becomes akin to us, fortable isolation and to be changed various media, exalting the particu- and in the end, a friend. Otherwise by our contact with human suffer- larity of each one. The logic is, to we risk doing as the two wayfaring ing. That is the meaning of dignity”. use the words of Pope Francis also disciples of Emmaus, who meet a These are shocking words, which taken from his latest Encyclical, that “stranger” along the path and do upend our idea of dignity. We often the broadest and most complex per- not realize it is Jesus. They know all associate dignity with detachment, spective to emerge from the figure of the day’s news; they are ’informed’, stoicism. We say that a man “has the polyhedron is that the “global but are unable to understand the not lost his dignity” because he re- need not stifle, nor the particular meaning. This is the challenge of a mains calm and does not let his feel- prove barren”, but rather, the “p oly- newspaper like L’Osservatore Ro- ings show, perhaps of rage or suffer- hedron, in which the value of each mano, which is a “stranger” b ecause ing. However, the Pope goes further individual is respected, where ‘the it lives in this world yet observes it and instead presents us with a differ- whole is greater than the part, but it and judges it not just with worldly ent, paradoxical face of dignity: one is also greater than the sum of its logic but also with a gaze that is must ’descend’ from calm; one must parts’”. “not of this world”. Hence, a grand lose his foothold in order to upset Finally, hope. Here too the Pope’s objective: to broaden the perspective us with the suffering of others. Dig- words can help shed light. Speaking with which we observe the world, of- nity is something warm, physical, to the Belgian journal “Te r t i o ”on 18 fering the perspective that is seen visceral. Like mercy, the protagonist September, Pope Bergoglio stated from Rome, from the heart of Cath- of the parable, which is something that “The Christian information pro- olicity, seeking to touch the minds to do with the viscera (rachamin is Mr Andrea Monda, Editor-in-Chief of fessional thus must be a spokesper- and hearts of readers with curious, the Hebrew word that indicates both L’Osservatore Romano son of hope, a bearer of trust in the honest, open communication. page 10 L’OSSERVATORE ROMANO Friday, 9 October 2020, number 41

Pope Francis to the Plenary Session of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences Equitable solutions to emerge from the crisis

Equitable solutions to emerge from the crisis caused the SARS-COV-2/COVID-19 pandemic and other child labour, exploitation, abuse and malnutri- by the Covid-19 pandemic were hoped for by Pope global issues. tion. In short, being unable to see a person’s Francis in a message sent to the participants in the In effect, the pandemic brought to light not face and considering other people as potential Plenary Session of the Pontifical Academy of only our false securities, but also the inability of carriers of the virus is a terrible metaphor of a Sciences, held on 7-9 October. The following is the the world’s countries to work together. For all global social crisis that must be of concern to English text of the Pope's message. our hyper-connectivity, we witnessed a frag- all who have the future of humanity at heart. mentation that made it more difficult to resolve In this regard, none of us can fail to be con- problems that affect us all (cf. Fratelli Tutti, 7). cerned for the impact of the crisis on the To the Distinguished Members It is significant, then, that this virtual Plenary world’s poor. For many of them, the question is of the Pontifical Academy Session of the Academy brings together a num- indeed one of survival itself. Together with the of Sciences ber of different scientific disciplines; in this contribution of the sciences, the needs of the Meeting in Plenary Session I offer you cordial sense, it offers an example of how the chal- poorer members of our human family cry out greetings and I express my gratitude to the lenges of the COVID-19 crisis should be ad- for equitable solutions on the part of govern- Pontifical Academy of Sciences for devoting dressed through coordinated efforts in the ser- ments and all decision makers. Healthcare sys- this year’s Plenary Session to placing basic sci- vice of the entire human family. tems, for example, need to become much more entific research at the service of the health of Your efforts are largely concentrated on the inclusive and accessible to the disadvantaged our planet and its inhabitants, especially the study of new immunological and immunochem- and those living in low-income countries. If poorest and most disadvantaged. I likewise ical pathways to activate the body’s own de- anyone should be given preference, let it be the greet the invited experts and leaders, all of fence mechanisms or stop the proliferation of neediest and most vulnerable among us. Simil- whom have weighty international responsibilit- infected cells. You are also studying other spe- arly, when vaccines become available, equitable ies, and I look forward to their contribution. cific treatments, including vaccines now being access to them must be ensured regardless of in- Before all else, I express my support for the tested in clinical trials. As we know, the virus, in come, always starting with the least. The global work of the Academy, actively promoted by its affecting people’s health, has also affected the problems we face demand cooperative and mul- President, Professor Joachim von Braun, and entire social, economic and spiritual fabric of tilateral responses. International organizations the Council. In these days, my interest in your society, paralyzing human relationships, work, such as the UN, W H O, FA O and others, which work is even keener, because you have devoted manufacturing, trade and even many spiritual were established to foster global cooperation this Plenary Session to what is rightly a topic of activities. It has an enormous impact on educa- and coordination, should be respected and sup- profound concern for all humanity. You are fo- tion. In many parts of the world, great numbers ported so that they can achieve their goals for cusing on the notion of science at the service of of children are unable to return to school, and the sake of the universal common good. people for the survival of humanity in light of this situation runs the risk of an increase in The eruption of the pandemic, within the broader context of global warming, the ecolo- gical crisis and the dramatic loss of biodiversity, represents a summons to our human family to rethink its course, to repent and to undertake To Moneyval Programme of the Council of Europe an ecological conversion (cf. Laudato Si’, 216- 221). A conversion that draws on all our God- CONTINUED FROM PA G E 2 given gifts and talents in order to promote a “human ecology” worthy of our innate dignity Saint Paul VI proposed set- and common destiny. This is the hope I ex- ting aside the monies spent on pressed in my recent Encyclical Fratelli Tutti on military expenditures to create a fraternity and social friendship. “How wonder- global Fund to relieve the needs ful it would be if the growth of scientific and of impoverished peoples (cf. technological innovation could come along with Populorum Progressio, 51). I re- more equality and social inclusion. How won- turned to this proposal in my derful would it be, even as we discover faraway recent Encyclical Letter Fra t e l l i planets, to rediscover the needs of the brothers Tu t t i . There I asked that, in- and sisters who orbit around us!” (n. 31). stead of investing in fear or The reflections of your Plenary Session on nuclear, chemical and biological threats, we use those resources the sciences and the survival of humanity also “finally to put an end to hunger raise the issue of similar scenarios that could and favour development in the originate in the most advanced laboratories of most impoverished countries, so the physical and biological sciences. May we re- that their citizens will not resort movements of money and of in- ancing of terrorism. On 1 June main quiet in the face of such prospects? As to violent or illusory solutions, tervening in cases where irregu- last, a Motu Proprio was issued great as the responsibility of politicians may be, or have to leave their countries lar or even criminal activities for a more effective manage- it does not exempt scientists from acknow- in order to seek a more digni- are detected. ment of resources and for the ledging their own ethical responsibilities in the fied life” (n. 262). Jesus drove merchants from promotion of transparency, effort to halt not only the manufacture, posses- sion and use of nuclear weapons, but also the The Church’s social teaching the temple precincts (cf. Mt oversight and competition in development of biological weapons, with their has underscored the error of the 21:12-13; Jn 2:13-17) and stated: the procedures for awarding neoliberal dogma (cf. ibid., 168) “You cannot serve both God public contracts. On 19 August potential to devastate innocent civilians and in- which holds that the economic and money” (Mt 6:24). Once last, an Ordinance of the Pres- deed, entire peoples. and moral orders are so com- the economy loses its human ident of the Governorate re- Dear friends, once again, I thank you for pletely distinct from one anoth- face, then we are no longer quired volunteer organizations your research and your efforts to confront these er that the former is in no way served by money, but ourselves and juridical persons of Vatican grave issues in a spirit of cooperation and dependent on the latter (cf. Pi- become servants of money. This City State to report suspicious shared responsibility for the future of our soci- us XI, Quadragesimo Anno, ed. is a form of idolatry against activities to the Financial In- eties. In these months, the entire world has Carlen, 42). In light of the which we are called to react by formation Authority (AIF). depended on you and your colleagues to present circumstances, it would reestablishing the rational order Dear friends, I thank you provide information, to instil hope and, in the seem that “the worship of the of things, which appeals to the once more for the service you case of countless medical professionals, to care ancient golden calf (cf. Ex 32:1- common good (Cf. SAINT provide. I consider it as such: a for the sick and the suffering, often at the risk 35) has returned in a new and THOMAS AQUINAS, Summa service, and I thank you. The of their own lives. In renewing my own gratit- ruthless guise in the idolatry of Th e o l o g i a e , I-II, q. 90, a. 2.), measures that you are evaluat- ude and offering my prayerful good wishes for money and the dictatorship of whereby “money must serve, ing are meant to promote a the deliberations of your Plenary Session, I in- an impersonal economy lacking not rule” (Evangelii Gaudium, “clean finance”, in which the voke upon you, your families and your associ- a truly human purpose” (Evan- 58; Gaudium et Spes, 64; Laud- “m e rc h a n t s ” are prevented from ates God’s blessings of wisdom, strength and gelii Gaudium, 55). Indeed, “fin- ato Si’, 195). speculating in that sacred peace. And I ask you, please, to remember me ancial speculation fundament- To implement these prin- “temple” which, in accordance in your prayers. ally aimed at quick profit con- ciples, the Vatican recently in- with the Creator’s plan of love, tinues to wreak havoc” (Fra t e l l i troduced into its legal system is humanity. Once again, I Tu t t i , 168). measures aimed at ensuring thank you. I offer all of you my Rome, from Saint John Lateran, 7 October Policies aimed at countering transparency in the manage- best wishes for your work and I 2020 money laundering and terrorism ment of money and preventing ask you, please, not to forget to are a means of monitoring money laundering and the fin- pray for me. number 41, Friday, 9 October 2020 L’OSSERVATORE ROMANO page 11 storytelling WORD OF THE YEAR

“I would like to devote this year’s Message to the theme of storytelling, because I believe that, so as not to lose our bearings, we need to make our own the truth contained in good stories. Stories that build up, not tear down; stories that help us rediscover our roots and the strength needed to move forward together”. (Message of the Holy Father for the World Day of Social Communications 2020)

LaSandra Grimsley, “Jesus Heals Centurion’s Servant” (2015)

PAU L ELIE When I first read Pope Francis’s insights about storytelling in the World Communica- tions Day message, I thought of the story of the centurion at Capernaum. Actually, I thought of that story and the story of the The offer of a cure paralyzed man at Capernaum — the two stor- ies blended together as if they were one story. I’ve since looked at the two stories in the Truth can be found in storytelling gospels, and it seems to me that it’s not by chance that they came to mind in connection the centurion’s account of the workings of au- forgiveness is an abstraction: it lack specifics. with narrative, or that they came to mind to- thority, Jesus discerns the depths of the cen- “But to prove to you that the Son of man has gether. Because it seems to me that they speak turion’s faith. For centuries Catholics heard in directly to the workings of narrative in the authority on earth to forgive sins’ — he said to this passage an endorsement of human au- gospels and in human experience. They tell the paralyzed man — ‘I order you to pick up us what happened at two moments in the life thority over others through structures of ser- your stretcher and go home.’” He is telling of Jesus; and they suggest how the stories of vitude such as slavery. Today we reject that them that it’s in narrative — in events, not ab- our lives are bound into the story of sacred endorsement and hear instead the centurion’s stract statements — that truth is to be found. history and vice versa. recognition — in spite of himself — of the ana- Narrative is more complex and more convin- “Lord, I am not worthy to have you come logy between human experience and the di- cing. As Pope Francis observes, it’s “not by under my roof; but only say the word, and vine life. chance” that the gospels are stories, and this my servant will be healed.” The story of the The other story of Jesus healing a para- story suggests what he might mean. In it the Roman centurion is a familiar one. Jesus ar- lyzed man deepens that analogy. It too takes divine narrative is shown to take place at a rives in Capernaum. A centurion reaches out place at Capernaum. As Matthew’s gospel human scale. Truth is presented personally. to him and tells him that a member of his tells the story, the people simply bring the What happens next is a demonstration of household is sick — is paralyzed. Jesus says paralytic to Jesus. In Mark and Luke, Jesus is the power of story. Here is Mark’s account: that he’ll go and cure the man, and he sets preaching indoors — in a house, possibly his “And the man got up, and at once picked up out. No, no — the centurion insists — don’t own house — and a crowd has gathered out- his stretcher and walked out in front of every- come, I am not worthy, just say the words. side, so tightly packed that the four men who one....” The man leaves the stretcher of ab- Then, unbidden, he explains that as one in are carrying him on a stretcher can’t get straction (a form of paralysis) for the journey authority, he knows how authority works: a through and bring him into the house of narrative (a walk, the basic narrative act), person in authority says the word, and it’s through the door. So they go up to the roof carrying the stretcher with him (for abstrac- done. What he means to say is that he recog- and make a hole in it the size of a person — tion is supplanted, not left behind). nizes Jesus’ authority. Jesus, in turn, recog- and, Luke tells us — “they lowered him and This story, as vivid a story of Jesus’s daily nizes the centurion’s faith. He commends the his stretcher down through the tiles into the activity as we have, is also a story with an an- centurion for his faith, calling out his faith as middle of the gathering, in front of Jesus.” agogical dimension — that dimension, as Flan- exemplary — and the servant in the household It’s a scene with the strangeness and spe- nery O’Connor put it (most likely drawing on is healed “at that moment.” cificity that we as modern readers associate Henri di Lubac) that “has to do with the di- What does this story have to do with with narrative authority — with great fiction, vine life and our participation in it.” It is a storytelling? It suggests how we stand in rela- on the one hand, and with true stories, on the story set in apt counterpoint to the story of tion to sacred narrative. The centurion insists other. We have to imagine a group of people the centurion. That story is a figure for the that he’s not worthy to have Jesus come un- surrounding the paralyzed man on a stretcher, way God has entered the human narrative der his roof. His sense of his unworthiness is lifting it, passing him hand over hand up to (has come under our roof ) and of our efforts such that, in Luke, he asks the Jewish elders the roof, and lowering him through the hole to recognize it. This story is a figure for the he knows to intercede rather than reaching they’ve made, all without hurting him, and way we enter the divine narrative in our own out to Jesus directly. His humility is affecting. meanwhile assuring him that what they are lives: through effort, even struggle. God is in But the claim undergirding the story — the doing is going to be worth the trouble. The the house. A crowd has gathered. Healing is claim that the gospels set out, engender, and extraordinary effort they make suggests their on offer. Our own participation is granted, invite us to claim ourselves — is that Jesus has care for him, their eagerness for a cure, their but is not guaranteed or straightforward. We come to the centurion and his servant already. confidence in Jesus. At the same time, the ex- have to act boldly and decisively. If we’re go- ceptional specificity of the details suggests Becoming human, Jesus has entered our ing to get to where God is, to join our story that “this really happened”: that the story is a household. He bears the authority of God — to his, sometimes we’ve got to make a hole in true story. the “author” of our story. In him, God has the roof. entered narrative time. He has come under Inside the house, with the paralytic man set our roof. out on his stretcher, the scribes and Pharisees Needless to say, even those of us with deep challenge Jesus for his presumption that he Paul Elie, the author of “The Life You Save faith — akin to the centurion — often insist can heal the man. Jesus replies by posing a May Be Your Own” and “Reinventing Bach”, is otherwise. We push back against the idea that question. “Which of these is easier: to say, a senior fellow in the Berkley Center for Religion, God is with us. We do so out of humility, as ‘Your sins are forgiven you,’ or to say, ‘Get up Peace, and World Affairs at Georgetown if we aren’t worthy. But Jesus is persistent. In and walk?’” The former, Jesus suggests. Such University (Washington, D.C., U.S.A.) page 12 L’OSSERVATORE ROMANO Friday, 9 October 2020, number 41

ANGELUS

“Human fraternity and care of creation form the sole way towards integral development and peace”. Pope Francis emphasized this after the Angelus on Sunday, 4 October, as he spoke about his new Encyclical inspired, like its precedent, by Saint Francis. The Holy Father gave the text — printed in its entirety in a special edition of “L’Osservatore Romano” — as a gift to the faithful present in Saint Peter’s Square. Before reciting the Marian prayer in spiritual union with the Shrine of Our Lady of the Rosary in Pompeii, he reflected on the Parable of the the murderous vintners. The following is a translation of the Pope’s reflection, which he shared in Italian.

Human fraternity and care for creation are the only way to peace The Pope offers to the faithful present the Encyclical printed in “L’Osservatore Romano”

Dear Brothers and Sisters, people and “let out the vineyard with infinite tenderness, to the journeys of integral ecology. I re- Good morning! to other tenants who will give him Son who continues to give us sal- joice at the initiatives that are be- the fruits in their seasons” (v. 41). vation, and to the Spirit who In today’s Gospel passage (cf. Mt ing implemented today in various opens our hearts and impels us 21: 33-43) Jesus, foreseeing his With this very harsh parable, places, and in particular I recall towards the fullness of goodness. passion and death, tells the par- Jesus confronts his interlocutors that in the area of the Po Delta. able of the murderous vintners, to with their responsibility, and he Let us now turn to Mary Most On 4 October one hundred admonish the chief priests and does so with extreme clarity. But Holy, spiritually united with the years ago, the Stella Maris charity elders of the people who are let us not think that this admoni- faithful gathered in the Shrine of was founded in Scotland to sup- about to take the wrong path. In- tion applies only to those who re- Pompeii for the Supplication, port the people of the sea. On deed, they have bad intentions jected Jesus at that time. It ap- and in the month of October let this important anniversary I en- towards him and are seeking a plies to all times, including our us renew our commitment to pray courage chaplains and volunteers way to eliminate him. own. Even today God awaits the the Holy Rosary. to joyfully witness to the presence The allegorical story describes fruits of his vineyard from those of the Church in ports, and a landowner who, after having he has sent to work in it. All of After the Angelus, the Holy Father among seafarers, fishermen and taken great care of his vineyard us. continued: their families. (cf. v. 33), had to depart and In any age, those who have au- Dear brothers and sisters! Yes- Today, in Bologna, Don Olinto leave it in the hands of farmers. thority, any authority, also in the terday I was in Assisi to sign the Marella, a priest from the diocese Then, at harvest time, he sends Church, in the , new Encyclical Fratelli Tutti on of Chioggia, a pastor after some servants to collect the fruit; may be tempted to work in their fraternity and social friendship. I Christ’s heart, father of the poor but the tenants welcome the ser- own interests instead of those of offered it to God on the tomb of and defender of the weak, is be- vants with a beating, and some God. And Jesus says that true au- Saint Francis, who inspired me atified. May his extraordinary even kill them. The householder thority is when one performs ser- [to write] it, as in the previous witness be a model for many vice; it is in serving, not exploit- sends other servants, more nu- Laudato Si’. The signs of the priests, called to be humble and merous, but they receive the same ing others. The vineyard is the times clearly show that human courageous servants of the People treatment (cf. vv. 34-36). The L o rd ’s, not ours. Authority is a fraternity and care of creation of God. Now a round of ap- peak is reached when the service, and as such should be ex- form the sole way towards inte- plause for the new Blessed! landowner decides to send his ercised for the good of all and for gral development and peace, son: the vinegrowers have no re- the dissemination of the Gospel. already indicated by the Popes I greet you all, people of Rome and pilgrims from various coun- spect for him; on the contrary, It is awful to see when people John XXIII, Paul VI and tries — I see so many flags — fam- they think that by eliminating who have authority in the Church John Paul II. Today, to you in the him they can take over the vine- seek their own interests. square — and also those outside ilies, groups, associations yard, and so they kill him too (cf. Saint Paul, in the second read- the square — I have the joy of and individual faithful. In partic- vv. 37-39). ing of today’s liturgy, tells us how giving the new Encyclical, in a ular, I greet the families and The image of the vineyard is to be good workers in the Lord’s special edition of L’O s s e r v a t o re friends of the , who clear: it represents the people vineyard: that which is true, Romano. And with this edition, have come to witness today the whom the Lord has chosen and noble, just, pure, lovely and hon- the daily printed edition of L’Os- swearing-in of the new recruits. formed with such care; the ser- oured; that which is virtuous and servatore Romano has resumed. These young men are valiant! vants sent by the landowner are praiseworthy, let all this be the May Saint Francis accompany the Swiss Guards undertake a life the prophets, sent by God, while daily object of our commitment path of fraternity in the Church, journey at the service of the the son represents Jesus. And just (cf. Phil 4:8). I repeat: that which among believers of every religion, Church, of the Supreme Pontiff. as the prophets were rejected, so is true, noble, just, pure, lovely and among all peoples. They are valiant men who come too Christ was rejected and and honoured; that which is vir- Today concludes the Season of here for two, three, four years and killed. tuous and praiseworthy, let all C re a t i o n , which began on 1 more. I ask you for a warm round At the end of the story, Jesus this be the daily object of our September and in which we have of applause for the Swiss Guard. asks the leaders of the people: commitment. It is the attitude of celebrated a “Jubilee for the And I wish everyone a happy “When the owner of the vineyard authority and also of each one of Earth” along with our brothers Sunday. Please do not forget to comes, what will he do to those us, because every one of us, even and sisters of other Christian pray for me. Enjoy your lunch. tenants?” (v. 40). And, caught up in a small, tiny way, has a certain Churches. I greet the representat- Ar r i v e d e rc i ! in the logic of the narrative, they authority. In this way we shall be- ives of the Global Catholic Cli- deliver their own sentence: the come a Church ever richer in the mate Movement, the various householder, they say, will fruits of holiness; we shall give Laudato Si’ circles and associ- severely punish those wicked glory to the Father who loves us ations of reference, engaged in