The Lord gave me brothers and sisters. Francis of Assisi, inspirer of the encyclical Fratelli tutti

Authors

  • Martín Carbajo Núñez Pontificia Università Antonianum

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.62217/carth.445

Keywords:

Fraternity, Social Friendship, Dialogue, Fratelli Tutti, Francisc of Assisi

Abstract

This article presents Francis of Assisi as an inspiring model of the universal fraternity proposed by the encyclical Fratelli tutti. The Pope asserts that “it was the evangelical witness of St. Francis, with his school of thought, that gave the term fraternity the meaning it then preserved over the centuries.” Universal fraternity requires the harmonious development of our four fundamental relationships, something which is evident in both Francis of Assisi (part 1) and the encyclical Fratelli tutti (part 2). Inspired by saint Francis, the Pope invites us to welcome all human beings as brothers and sisters and thus to dream together "as a single human family".

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Author Biography

Martín Carbajo Núñez, Pontificia Università Antonianum

Martín Carbajo Núñez, OFM, was born in 1958 in Figueruela de Arriba (Zamora, Spain). He has a Doctorate degree in Moral Theology (Alfonsianum, Rome), a License degree in Germanic Philology (Santiago de Compostela Univ), a Master in Social Communication (Gregorian Univ., Rome), and is a qualified computer technician. He currently teaches ethics and communication at three universities: two in Rome: Antonianum (PUA) and Alfonsiana (PUL); one in the USA: the FST, affiliated with Univ. of San Diego (California). At the PUA, he has been for three years Vice-Rector and Rector Magnificus ad interim. Mail: mcarbajo@sandiego.edu

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Published

2023-01-24

How to Cite

Carbajo Núñez, Martín. 2023. “The Lord Gave Me Brothers and Sisters. Francis of Assisi, Inspirer of the Encyclical Fratelli Tutti”. Carthaginensia 39 (75). https://doi.org/10.62217/carth.445.

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