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Antipope Francis
Encyclical Letter Fratelli Tutti
on Fraternity and Social Friendship
October 3, 2020
The Vatican’s endless text factory has just released another monster of a document: Jorge Bergoglio (a.k.a. “Pope Francis”) has released his third Encyclical Letter, after Lumen Fidei (2013) and Laudato Si’ (2015). It is entitled Fratelli Tutti (“Brothers All”).
In its English version, Fratelli Tutti has 42,994 words. It consists of eight chapters that include a total of 287 numbered paragraphs, and it has 288 footnotes. The vast majority of them are references to himself, his own documents, his own addresses, and those of the conciliar and post-conciliar pseudo-magisterium. Not surprisingly, there are very few references to the real papal magisterium (i.e. prior to the death of Pope Pius XII). Pius XI is quoted several times on minor matters; the occasional Church Father is quoted, and St. Thomas Aquinas is referenced twice in the body of the text.
The Vatican has made the text of Fratelli Tutti available in sundry languages, of which we make the following available via direct links:
- Full Text of Fratelli Tutti in English
- Full Text of Fratelli Tutti in Spanish
- Full Text of Fratelli Tutti in French
- Full Text of Fratelli Tutti in Italian
- Full Text of Fratelli Tutti in German
- Full Text of Fratelli Tutti in Portuguese
Highlights are also available:
- Highlights from presentation of “Fratelli tutti” (Vatican News)
- “Fratelli tutti”: Short Summary of Pope Francis’s Social Encyclical (Vatican News)
- “Fratelli tutti”: Long Summary of Pope Francis’s Social Encyclical (Vatican News)
- Video: Brief Overview of Fratelli Tutti (Vatican News)
- Key Quotes from Fratelli Tutti (Where Peter Is…)
- A Glimpse of Pope Francis’ Encyclical Letter ‘Fratelli Tutti’ on Human Fraternity and Social Friendship (Zenit)
- A summary of the Pope’s new encyclical on ‘human fraternity’ (Life Site)
- Francis’ Encyclical Fratelli Tutti: The Highlights (Novus Ordo Watch)
The encyclical was signed on Oct. 3, 2020, but it was not published by the Vatican until today, Oct. 4, the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi.
The following is a list of links with initial coverage, summaries, and commentary on Fratelli Tutti by various sources:
- Looking at others as brothers and sisters to save ourselves and the world (Vatican News)
- Pope’s post-COVID encyclical envisions a less populist, less capitalist world (National Catholic Reporter)
- Like a century ago, a papal encyclical tries to shed light on a dark time (Crux)
- Pope’s new encyclical offers ‘voter’s guide’ for post-pandemic world (Crux)
- Pope’s New Encyclical ‘Fratelli Tutti’ Outlines Vision for a Better World (National Catholic Register)
- ‘Fratelli tutti’: Pope Francis calls for unity in new encyclical (Catholic News Agency)
- A Glimpse of Pope Francis’ Encyclical Letter ‘Fratelli Tutti’ on Human Fraternity and Social Friendship (Zenit)
- Pope Francis closes the door on the death penalty in ‘Fratelli Tutti’ (America)
- U.S. Bishops’ President Welcomes Fratelli Tutti, Pope Francis’ Encyclical on Human Fraternity (Zenit)
- ‘Fratelli tutti’: Pope Francis presents new encyclical in Angelus address (Catholic World Report)
- Fratelli tutti: ‘Don’t just read it, pray it’ (Vatican News)
- Pope Francis’ new encyclical, Fratelli Tutti, enshrines familiar criticisms of racism and borders (Religion News Service)
- In new encyclical, Pope Francis envisions ‘renewed hope’ from universal love, open to ‘every man and woman’ (America)
- Grand Imam: ‘Pope Francis restores to humanity its consciousness’ (Vatican News)
- Encyclical highlights need for fraternity to counter war, cardinal says (Crux)
- UK bishop says new encyclical on human fraternity can ‘transform the world’ (Crux)
- Video: Five keys to understand “Fratelli Tutti,” Pope Francis’ new encyclical (Rome Reports)
- Statement of Cardinal Blase J. Cupich, archbishop of Chicago, on Pope Francis’ encyclical letter ‘Fratelli Tutti’ (Archdiocese of Chicago)
- ‘Fratelli Tutti’ Restates Pope’s Progressivism (Church Militant)
- Fratelli tutti: Pope Francis heralds a city, the City of Man (The War)
- “A Marx-inspired Pope who is setting the Church adrift: Now even the secular press cannot deny the obvious” (Rorate Caeli)
- Fratelli tutti: likes and dislikes of the encyclical of Pope Francis (Monday Vatican)
- Fratelli Tutti is a familiar mixture of dubious claims, strawmen, genuine insights (Catholic World Report)
- ‘Fratelli tutti’: Human fraternity committee to invite youth to make Pope Francis’ vision ‘a reality’ (Catholic World Report)
- INTERVIEW: Living Pandemic Worldwide–Cardinal Ayuso Says–Gives Pope’s ‘Fratelli Tutti’ Heightened Concreteness (Zenit)
- Pope introduces his new Encyclical after Angelus (Inside the Vatican)
- In new encyclical, Pope Francis seems to promote religious indifferentism (Life Site)
- Video: Fratelli Tutti – A First Look (Where Peter is…)
- “Fratelli tutti,” the dreams of solidarity from a pope concerned about the world (La Croix International)
- Five keys to understanding the encyclical “Fratelli tutti” (La Croix International)
- Pope’s New Encyclical Follows Spirit of Laudato Si: It Recycles The Same Old Themes (One Peter Five)
- Fraternity: A dirty word? (Where Peter is…)
- ‘Fratelli Tutti’ falsifies St. Francis’ Mission (Church Militant)
- In new encyclical, Pope questions usefulness of Church’s ‘just war’ doctrine (Crux)
- Cardinal says Pope’s new encyclical is a warning: The world is ‘on the brink’ (Crux)
- ‘Fratelli tutti’: A radical blueprint for post-Covid world (Vatican News)
- Catholic activists applaud encyclical’s stance against death penalty (The Catholic Weekly)
- Pope Francis’s latest encyclical: Abortion not on list of political concerns (Life Site)
- Pope Francis: ‘Each Country also Belongs to the Foreigner’ (Breitbart)
- Francis is Wrong! (Church Militant)
- New encyclical on human fraternity: the pope’s “cri de coeur” (La Croix International)
- Fratelli Tutti, the Death Penalty, and Infallibility (Roma Locuta Est)
- “Fratelli tutti”: a call to disrupt our lives and pay attention to the world (Vatican News)
- A curious feature of #FratelliTutti – self-referential (Fr. Z’s Blog)
- Abp. Viganò on Pope’s new Fratelli Tutti document: Brotherhood against God is ‘blasphemous’ (Life Site)
- Bishop Schneider: Pachamama worship in Rome was ‘prepared by Assisi meetings’ (Life Site)
- Does ‘Fratelli tutti’ change Church teaching on the death penalty? (Catholic World Report)
- The Pope’s Manifesto (Church Militant)
- ‘Death Penalty’ Imam debunks Fratelli Tutti (Church Militant)
- Is the pope’s new encyclical “Fratelli tutti” too political? (La Croix International)
- An encyclical filled with tensions and omissions (Catholic World Report)
- Brothers All: Spanish Freemasonry cheers Francis’ New Encyclical on Human Fraternity (Novus Ordo Watch)
- Four theologians on the biggest takeaways from ‘Fratelli Tutti’ (America)
- Faithful Catholics as well as dissidents react to Pope Francis’ new ‘brotherhood’ encyclical ‘Fratelli tutti’ (Life Site)
- The Utopian Vision of Pope Francis (The American Spectator)
- Brazilians intrigued by papal encyclical’s use of song based on Afro-Brazilian religion (Crux)
- Cardinal Cupich on “Fratelli tutti”: ‘Children of the same earth’ (Vatican News)
- Fratelli Tutti: A better way is possible (The Tablet)
- Fraternity and Social Friendship (La Civiltà Cattolica)
- Pope’s new encyclical ignores previous social teaching (Catholic Culture)
- ‘Fratelli Tutti’ Hailed by Liberation Theology Pioneer (Church Militant)
- Freemasonic Encyclical: Fratelli tutti… Tutti Frutti… Where’s The Catholic Bit? (Catholic Truth)
- Fratelli Tutti and its critics (Catholic World Report)
- Culture, dialogue, religion, and truth in Fratelli Tutti (Catholic World Report)
- Fratelli tutti: seeking the common good (La Croix International)
- Brothers without Borders: Pope Francis’s Quasi-Humanitarian Manifesto (Catholic World Report)
- Borrowed Without Attribution (The American Spectator)
- An October Surprise From Pope Francis (The American Spectator)
- Catholic activists praise pope’s move away from just war theory (National Catholic Reporter)
- Pope Francis pleases the world – and trashes Catholicism (The Remnant)
- Fratelli Tutti: Glory to Man in the Highest (Church Militant)
- All Brothers, But Without God Anymore. A Philosopher Judges the Latest Encyclical From Francis (Settimo Cielo)
- Abp. Ndiaye: Parable of the Good Samaritan is the key to Pope Francis’ new encyclical (Vatican News)
- Pope has ‘simple but jarring’ message for the world in encyclical (Crux)
- Cardinal Müller discusses Fratelli tutti (Catholic World Report)
- Fratelli Tutti & Papal Hubris (De Omnibus Dubitandum Est)
- Cardinal Bo Interprets ‘Fratelli Tutti’ for Church in Asia (Zenit)
- The Purpose of ‘Fratelli Tutti’ (The Catholic Thing)
- Myth Busting: St. Francis of Assisi and Private Property (Pilgrim Priest)
- Video: Michael Hitchborn’s Analysis of Fratelli Tutti, Part 1 (Lepanto Institute)
- Interview on “Fratelli Tutti” with Bishop Athanasius Schneider (The Remnant)
- Global Catholicism vs. Anglobalization (La Croix International)
- Fratelli Tutti: Pope Francis’s Love Letter to the World (Where Peter Is…)
- German priest says new papal encyclical has ‘Masonic’ tone, links it to St. Gallen group (Life Site)
- Anti-Racism ‘Fratelli Tutti’ Hails ‘Racist’ Icon (Church Militant)
- The Pope’s Latest Encyclical Is Beautiful—and Hypocritical (Foreign Policy)
- The Encyclical, a Contribution to the Religion of the Freemason Brothers (Stilum Curiae)
- Tutti Fratelli: Francis’ Latest Opinion as Weapon for International Capitalism (The American Proposition)
- Fratelli Tutti and a fresh perspective on tradition (Where Peter Is…)
- Fratelli Tutti and the Preaching of the Good News (Catholic World Report)
- Go and Do the Same: an Overview of Fratelli Tutti (Holy See Mission to the United Nations)
- “Brothers All,” Including “Families” of the Same Sex. The Pontificate of Francis Under the Analyst’s Lens (Settimo Cielo)
- “Fratelli Tutti” for Dummies (Society of St. Pius X)
- “Fratelli tutti” – Francis’ most traditional document? (Where Peter Is…)
- Theologians Say Tradition Backs Pope’s Teaching on Private Property in Fratelli Tutti, Others Express Concerns (National Catholic Register)
- The Encyclical “All Brothers,” But Whose? (Society of St. Pius X)
- The Pope’s New Encyclical: A Surrender? (Gatestone Institute)
- Cardinal Tagle reflects on “Fratelli tutti” in Caritas webinar (Vatican News)
- Social friendship according to Pope Francis (La Croix International)
- Top Economist mocks utopian ‘Fratelli Tutti’ (Church Militant)
The Vatican has provided a video of the press conference with “Cardinal” Pietro Parolin and others, introducing the encyclical:
Transcripts of all the interventions given at the press conference are available at the Vatican web site:
- Intervention of “Cardinal” Pietro Parolin
- Intervention of “Cardinal” Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot, M.C.C.J.
- Intervention of Mohamed Mahmoud Abdel Salam
- Intervention of Prof. Anna Rowlands
- Intervention of Prof. Andrea Riccardi
The following links provide some background regarding this encyclical:
- Pope signs new Encyclical “Fratelli tutti” on St Francis’s tomb in Assisi (Vatican News)
- Remarks of Francis at Signing of Encyclical (Vatican)
- As Pope named ‘Francis’ heads to Assisi, a lot rides on new encyclical (Crux)
- The new encyclical “Fratelli Tutti” is basically an ode to Fraternity, in the French revolutionary concept of the word (Rorate Caeli)
- In first trip since COVID, pope visits Assisi to sign new encyclical (Crux)
- What’s in a name? At the Vatican, a debate on inclusiveness (Associated Press)
- Feminists fume over ‘Sexist’ Fratelli Tutti (Church Militant)
- The Apostate Abu Dhabi Declaration on Human Fraternity (Novus Ordo Watch)
- Vatican Official is Chaplain of three Masonic Lodges, publishes Book on reconciling Catholicism and Freemasonry (Novus Ordo Watch)
- Empty Assisi reflects ‘fraternity of pain’ Pope Francis came to heal (Crux)
- New encyclical doesn’t promote one world government: Cardinal (CathNews)
- No Ark of Salvation: A Critical Look at Francis’ “Ark of Fraternity” Speech (Novus Ordo Watch)
- Naturalism at Full Blast: Francis on the Existence of All Religions (Novus Ordo Watch)
We have run the text of Fratelli Tutti through a word count engine. According to it, the top three words found in the lengthy document are: human, world, and love.
To counter the false teachings of the new encyclical, here are some real papal documents pertaining to Freemasonry, the unity of the human race, and genuine Christian fraternity:
- Pope Leo XIII, Encyclical Auspicato Concessum on St. Francis of Assisi (1882)
- Pope Leo XIII, Encyclical Humanum Genus (1884)
- Pope Leo XIII, Encyclical Custodi Di Quella Fede (1892)
- Pope St. Pius X, Motu Proprio Fin Dalla Prima Nostra (1903)
- Pope St. Pius X, Apostolic Letter Notre Charge Apostolique (1910)
- Pope Pius XI, Encyclical Quadragesimo Anno (1931)
- Pope Pius XII, Encyclical Summi Pontificatus (1939)
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