Published: 2020-10-06

Fraternity in the Teaching of Pope Francis

Wojciech Kućko
Collectanea Theologica
Section: Articles
https://doi.org/10.21697/ct.2020.90.3.06

Abstract

The time of the coronavirus pandemic and COVID-19 disease was an opportunity to pose many questions about interpersonal relationships again. In this context, Pope Francis proposes fraternity therapy to effectively and consistently oppose “globalization of indifference” and “globalization of brotherhood and solidarity”. The purpose of the article is to show the essence of brotherhood in the teaching of Pope Francis in the context of the teaching of the Catholic Church. The article presents the biblical roots of brotherhood, as well as its inclinations in the magisterium of the Second Vatican Council and subsequent popes. Reinterpretation of the term “fraternity” in Francis’ thoughts includes: “mysticism of fraternity”, its interreligious and social character, global fraternity in the field of bioethics and ecology, and connection with the “theory of opposites” (Gegensatz), which Francis took from R. Guardini..

Keywords:

ethics, Francis, fraternity, Gegensatz, mysticism of fraternity, universal fraternity

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Kućko, W. (2020). Fraternity in the Teaching of Pope Francis. Collectanea Theologica, 90(3), 123–162. https://doi.org/10.21697/ct.2020.90.3.06

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