Posted on 01/21/2021 6:04:33 PM PST by marshmallow
The Vatican News website has said in response to the UN declaring February 4th as the International Day of Human Fraternity that Pope Francis' encyclical 'Fratelli tutti' and the ‘Document on Human Fraternity,’ signed by Pope Francis and the grand imam of Al Azhar last year, 'have found a strong echo in the halls and corridors of the United Nations'
Analysis
January 21, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) –Shortly before Christmas, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution declaring February 4th as the International Day of Human Fraternity, with immediate effect. In a fortnight, the 193 members of the UN; as well as “relevant organizations of the United Nations system, other international organizations and civil society, including non-governmental organizations and the private sector,” will be invited to observe the day “in a manner that each considers most appropriate.”
Pope Francis and the Grand Imam of the Al-Azhar University of Cairo are said to have supported the initiative with a message to the Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres (former leader of the Socialist International).
The Resolution was introduced by the United Arab Emirates, with the support of Bahrain, Burkina Faso, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Morocco and Saudi Arabia, all Islamic or predominantly Muslim countries, as well as Venezuela, whose socialist president Nicolas Maduro is the continuator of chavismo – the left-wing internationalism of his predecessor, Hugo Chavez.
The official news agency of the Holy See, Vatican News, welcomed the UN initiative with a story tagged “interreligious dialogue” and “Fratelli tutti” on Christmas Eve, which perhaps explains that the news got scant media attention. But the context given by Vatican News remains topical: the new International Day, it said, “comes as the result of Christian-Muslim cooperation to promote peace, harmony and intercultural dialogue in the world.”
The event was clearly linked to......
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People are not brothers unless they have the same father. For some, their father is
Almighty God, since they have been adopted into His family through Jesus. For
others, their father is the devil.
Ping
I thought Catholicism was opposed to pluralism (aka heterodoxy)?
It is however Judas the 2nd’s brand of it is not.
How lovely. Frankie has said in the past said that Catholics need to follow the dictates of the United Nations, ya know, with all the abortion and euthanasia and stuff.
The Francis has had nothing but praise for muslims and socialists. It's no wonder they support his apostasy.
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