Fratelli Tutti: A Vision to Heal the World

February 2021

In This Issue

Editorial

Vaccination, an Ethical Obligation

Pope Francis is calling on everyone to be vaccinated. The pope called the vaccine a life-saving instrument, and therefore, an ethical obligation. The refusal to be inoculated is suicidal.

WM Special

Vision to Heal a Broken World

Pope Francis sets out a vision for a new kind of politics in an encyclical that tackles a rising tide of “myopic” nationalism and moves the Church a step closer to a complete rejection of war.

WM Special

Relationship Leads to Peace

Three themes in Fratelli Tutti–fraternitas, building bridges, and peacemaking–indicate the influence of St. Francis of Assisi in the latest encyclical of Pope Francis.

WM Special

Pope Questions ‘Just War’ Doctrine

Pope Francis’ new encyclical spends only six paragraphs on the Church’s doctrine on ‘just war,’ but Fratelli Tutti might have upended the entire teaching on the subject.

Frontiers

For a “Grammar” of Care

This is the right time to unleash the Catholic Church’s “secret weapon.” A nonviolent weapon with tremendous power to neutralize evil forces, the Catholic Social Teaching is a priceless tool to help build the culture of care of creation and one another.

Unity in Diversity

The Year of Creative Economy

The use of the internet for work and for online learning has tremendously increased and facilitated working together since the outbreak of the COVID-19. Nevertheless, real communication such as building bridges is yet to be achieved. Thus, the necessity to work for it in a creative way.

Frontline

This is Why Pope Francis Will Go To Iraq

A historical and contextual background to understand Pope Francis’ scheduled Apostolic Journey to Iraq in March 2021.

Frontline

Iraqi Christians Could Face Extinction

Without immediate action from the international community, Christians in northern Iraq could be endangered with extinction, warns a new report from the pontifical charity Aid to the Church in Need.

In Focus

Remember You are Dust…

Smudging ash on a person’s forehead reminds us that humans are simply mortals. This ritual is performed on Ash Wednesday to signify the need for repentance at the beginning of the Lenten season.

Faith@50

The Start of Evangelization

Although the Christian faith arrived in the Philippines in 1521, an organized program of evangelizations only began in 1565 with the Augustinians accompanying Legazpi’s expedition. They were followed by Franciscans (1578), Jesuits (1581), Dominicans (1587), and Augustinian Recollects (1606).

Insight

Thanksgiving and Intercession

There are five different basic types of Christian Prayer: Adoration, Petition, Intercession, Thanksgiving, and Praise. In this article, the author deals with the prayer of thanksgiving and Intercession.

Filipino Focus

The Leaven of the Gospel

The evangelization of the Philippines came together with the Spanish occupation as the proclaimed purpose of the colonizers. The pioneers of the Gospel in the country were five religious orders.

Follow Me

Where to Start From?

Vocational discernment is a dynamic process that requires the ability to place oneself in the present and to walk with understanding and perseverance towards the realization of authentic happiness.

Mission is Fun

Good Pope John XXIII

Many saints had a great sense of humor. Perhaps the most well-known contemporary example is Pope John XXIII, who served as pope from 1958 to 1963 and was canonized in 2014.

Strategies for Evangelization

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