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Fraternité et mère terre. Tous frères et soeurs dans la maison commune
Fraternity and mother Earth.All brothers and sisters in the common home

Author(s): Martín Carbajo-Núñez
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Theology and Religion
Published by: Wyższe Seminarium Duchowne Diecezji Elbląskiej w Elblągu
Keywords: Fraternity; Mother earth; Pope Francis; Solidarity; Ecology

Summary/Abstract: This paper studies the concept of fraternity in the light of the Magisterium of Pope Francis. In the first part, it focuses on some of its meanings that are reductive and insufficient. Then, it presents the characteristics that Pope Francis assigns to it (2nd part) and how he applies it to our relationship with Sister Mother Earth (3rd part). Contradicting the current « undifferentiated and one-dimensional paradigm », the pope teaches that fraternity is unity in diversity. The model is the «many-faceted polyhedron whose different sides form a variegated unity».

  • Issue Year: 2023
  • Issue No: 24
  • Page Range: 149-164
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: French