Daily Archives: 7 March 2021

Fratelli Tutti 115: Solidity and Solidarity

The principle here is that the strong and well-off are responsible for those who are not so. 115. At a time when everything seems to disintegrate and lose consistency, it is good for us to appeal to the “solidity” [Solidity … Continue reading

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Cancel Hypocrisy

What complainers today are calling cancel culture, I once termed the hermeneutic of subtraction. I remember well the subtractions by conservatives in recent times: that Super Bowl quarterback who knelt, that 2004 USCCB employee who supported the Kerry campaign, the … Continue reading

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Fratelli Tutti 114: Education and Formation

Today, a look at “The value of solidarity,” which Pope Francis looks at in terms of how children and youth are formed for promoting a common good: 114. I would like especially to mention solidarity, which, “as a moral virtue … Continue reading

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