Concerns About Pope Francis's Document, "Fratelli Tutti"
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In this podcast, I outline some concerns about Pope Francis's new encyclical, Fratelli Tutti. This document reiterates many themes that the Pope has emphasized throughout his pontificate. We know he is concerned with climate change, seeks a more united world at the expense of national boundaries, and is against current "populist" leaders who build walls that prevent "interchange." Pope Franicis's document has some good moments, for instance, when he discusses an anthropological reductionism that reduces man to a mere thing and see him as readily discardable in the name of economic interests. But, the document is too horizontal, insofar as it exclusively a political commentary without mention of the spiritual dimension. It also has a repeated emphasis on the ideals of liberty, equality, and fraternity, which are the ideals of the anti-Catholic French Revolution, and it continually suggests that Catholicism is just one way of viewing the world, that is of equal benefit of other ideologies, religions, and worldviews.
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