Pope Francis on Saturday signed a new
encyclical called “Fratelli tutti” (All the
Brothers) in the Italian city of Assisi, his
first trip outside of Rome since the
coronavirus pandemic broke out.
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An encyclical is a letter containing
important teachings that the Pope
distributes to the Church.
It is the third encyclical of the Pope and
deals with brotherhood in the world and
social cohesion. The text is also expected
to address the crisis unleashed by the
coronavirus and its consequences.
According to the Ansa news agency, the
pope traveled by car to the town in the
Umbrian region and greeted onlookers
during his trip.
He also stopped to visit the Clarisas de
Vallegloria convent in Spello, Ansa
reported.
Before signing the encyclical, the Pope
celebrated a mass at the tomb of Saint
Francis, which was attended by 20 people,
including Cardinal Agostino Vallini. Most of
the faithful wore protective masks.
He was expected to return to the Vatican in
the evening.
No more is known about the content of the
encyclical, which was scheduled to be
published by the Vatican on Sunday.
Referring to the encyclical, the pontiff
tweeted on Saturday: “The effort to build a
more just society implies the capacity for
fraternity, a spirit of human communion.”
The importance of the document was
underlined by the fact that the Pope
traveled to the city where Saint Francis, the
medieval monk famous for his love of
nature, was born.
Born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the 83-year-old
Pope Francis was the first pontiff to name
himself after the monk, known for his vows
of poverty, love of nature and rejection of
violence.
Assisi is home to the Basilica of Saint
Francis, one of the most important Catholic
places of worship in the world, which
houses the burial chamber of the medieval
monk. It is a UNESCO World Heritage site.
The two previous encyclicals of Pope
Francis were “Lumen fidei” (Light of faith)
in 2013, and “Laudato si” (On the care of
the common home) in 2015. The latter,
addressed to the environment, was seen as
a global wake-up call underscoring the
need to protect the climate and fight
poverty.
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