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Vatican meeting on ‘human fraternity’ seeks ‘answers’ for the future but is silent on faithThe Vatican event, titled ‘Be Human,’ gathers secular leaders, Nobel laureates, and various professionals to discuss ‘proposals for a fraternal planet,’ drawing from Pope Francis’ 2020 encyclical Fratelli Tutti.The Vatican is partnering with the Fratelli Tutti Foundation to host the second “World Meeting on Human Fraternity,” which will see secular leaders and Nobel laureates attempt to “find answers” to build “the future.”Announced via a press conference May 7, details of the May 10-11 “World Meeting on Human Fraternity” were revealed principally by Cardinal Archpriest of St....

Universal Basic Income, Green Politics and ‘Zero-COVID’ Proposed at Vatican Conference on EuropeThe Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences event drew a mix of pro-abortion politicians, socialist economists, and experts in the thought of Pope St. John Paul II. VATICAN CITY — The Vatican hosted a conference this week that brought together a number of politicians, business leaders and economists, many of whose views are diametrically opposed to Church teaching, to propose “integral solutions to the COVID-19 pandemic and climate crisis.” The organizers of the “Healing Patient Europe” Oct. 7-8 conference aimed to discuss how denying the “very existence” of...

Economy of Francesco Covenant: ‘Building an economy of the Gospel’Young economists and Pope Francis endorse a Covenant to improve the global economic system to better the lives of all people, as the result of the 3-day Economy of Francesco event in Assisi.As the Economy of Francesco entered its final day on Saturday, Pope Francis joined thousands of young people from around the world to undersign a Covenant, represented by a young woman from Thailand, Lily Ralyn Satidtanasarn.The declaration marks the culmination of the work of the 3-day event, and fulfills the Pope’s invitation to young economists, entrepreneurs, and changemakers to...

ROME—Since the beginning of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Pope Francis has floated the idea that he wants to take a trip to Kyiv to try to broker a ceasefire. But now he says he would prefer to go to Moscow to try to talk some sense into Vladimir Putin, who he has not outwardly condemned in the now nearly three-month-old war and only did so lightly in a lengthy interview with an Italian newspaper. “I feel that before going to Kyiv, I must go to Moscow,” he told Corriere Della Sera in an interview that ran Tuesday. But the meeting...

Pope Francis compares Black Lives Matter protests to Good SamaritanThe protests frequently turned into riots, and groups affiliated with the movement have anti-Catholic positions, including on abortion.VATICAN CITY (LifeSiteNews) — In an address to the Fourth World Meeting of Popular Movements on Saturday, Pope Francis advocated for the destructive “protests” which broke out in the wake of George Floyd’s death in 2020, describing those involved in the movement as “collective Samaritans.”The Pope’s comments came as part of a longer speech on social justice, part of which he devoted to urging “all the great pharmaceutical laboratories” to open their patents on...

Pope Francis Touts Universal Basic IncomeCatholic economist slams idea as 'radical innovation in Church teaching' VATICAN CITY (ChurchMilitant.com) - Pope Francis is calling for a universal basic income (UBI) — a proposal denounced by a top Catholic economist as "a radical innovation in Catholic teaching without any obvious roots." In an extended interview barely mentioning persecuted Uighurs, Rohingya and Yazidi peoples, the pontiff attacks populist leaders and coronavirus lockdown demonstrators while voicing his support for George Floyd Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests.Francis' controversial reflections, published in a new book Let Us Dream: The Path to a Better Future, records exchanges...

There’s no room for Christ in the “Assisi Accord”The three-day virtual Assisi "Economy of Francis” convention concluded with abundant slogans and the decision to start the process of finding new tools to overcome the world’s economic and social distortions. It was an entirely horizontal, worldly perspective, as echoed in Pope Francis’s final video message, overturning the vision of integral human development set forth by Paul VI in Populorum Progressio and by Benedict XVI in Caritas in Veritate.Last Saturday the three-day "Economy of Francis" virtual convention concluded in Assisi leaving the dream of a happy future with a "new" economy and...

Pope Plays Anti-Trump Card, Blesses Biden Vatican, Italian bishops' media join papal puffery of 'president elect' VATICAN CITY (ChurchMilitant.com) - Pope Francis, who snubbed Donald Trump by refusing to congratulate him after his 2016 victory, has phoned Joe Biden to offer "congratulations and blessings" despite the fiercely contested election results.    Biden officiates at same-sex "marriages" The Holy See Press Office confirmed the pontiff's Thursday morning conversation with Biden, which, it said, "followed the congratulations of the U.S. bishops to Biden" as the "second Catholic president of the country after John F. Kennedy." Biden thanked Francis "for extending blessings and congratulations...

A summary of the Pope’s new encyclical on ‘human fraternity’ Tutti Fratelli promotes ‘global governance’ when it comes to migration, says there’s a need to prevent the United Nations 'from being delegitimized,' and doubles down on the Pope's opposition to the death penalty. It also suggests adherents to all different religions are beneficial to society. VATICAN CITY, October 5, 2020 (LifeSiteNews)  ― In his new encyclical, Pope Francis calls for a “new world” in which all men and women are brothers and sisters.  The long document—287 articles laid out in 8 chapters—transmits the Argentinian pontiff’s philosophy of “fraternity” and his...

[Barf Alert] Pope Francis: Climate Change Is Causing ‘Poverty and Hunger’ ROME — Pope Francis said Saturday that it is “evident” climate change is to blame for a number of humanity’s social ills, as well as disrupting the balance of nature. “It is evident that climate change not only upsets the balance of nature, but causes poverty and hunger, affects the most vulnerable, and sometimes forces them to leave their land,” the pope told a group gathered in the Vatican on Saturday.As he has done on other occasions, Francis insisted on the relationship between environmental responsibility and social justice.“Neglect of...

HAVANA (AP) — Pope Francis hailed detente between the United States and Cuba as a model of reconciliation for the world, urging Presidents Barack Obama and Raul Castro to persevere in building normal ties as the pontiff launched a 10-day tour of the former Cold War foes Saturday. Francis' surprisingly direct call for progress toward normalization came after weeks of Vatican assurances that he would not explicitly address politics during his pastoral trip to Cuba and the U.S. Francis served as mediator and guarantor of 18 months of secret negotiations that led to the resumption of diplomatic relations between the...

Pope Francis accepted the invitation of Philadelphia Archbishop Charles J. Chaput to attend the World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia next year, the Catholic News Service reported Friday. It would be the Pontiff’s first visit to the United States as Pope.