Posted on 09/08/2021 6:24:17 PM PDT by marshmallow
The U.S. bishops’ conference on Monday launched a new initiative to promote civility amid political polarization, appealing to Pope Francis’ 2020 encyclical Fratelli tutti.
“My hope is that this initiative will assist all of us as we seek to ‘become neighbors to all,’ as the Holy Father calls us to do, and take up the challenges of encounter, dialogue, truth-seeking, and creative problem-solving, in order that all Catholics can work together for the common good,” said Archbishop Paul Coakley of Oklahoma City, chair of the U.S. bishops’ domestic justice and human development committee, on Monday.
The bishops’ new campaign “Civilize It: A Better Kind of Politics,” seeks to promote Catholic social teaching within evangelization efforts, equipping Catholics to respond to current political debates. It includes an examination of conscience, short reflections, prayers, and a guide for Catholics to be “bridgebuilders.” Materials can be found at the conference website CivilizeIt.org.
Catholics can take a pledge on the website for “charity,” “clarity,” and “creativity.” The pledge includes promises to practice charity, to form one’s conscience well and be open to dialogue, and to work with others on “creative” solutions for society. The campaign’s goal is to reach 5,000 such pledges.
The initiative is based off of Pope Francis’ 2020 encyclical Fratelli tutti, or “brothers all.” The encyclical’s paragraph 154 calls for “a better kind of politics, one truly at the service of the common good.”
“In Fratelli Tutti, Pope Francis offers a different way forward based on Gospel values, justice and truth,” Archbishop Coakley said.
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Now that you THINK you’ve moved the overton window you want “peace”?
FU.
This can go nowhere. I think this is just wheel spinning because the Pope wants something but simply doesn’t understand the USA
When it comes to Afghanistan there is a refusal not only by the media and the so called (in name only) democratic party but by Christian leaders like Pope Francis to approach exposing the Taliban for it being a theocracy following the sharia creed which denies free will and ridicule their claim they are authorized by Our Creator to execute non believers. and instead brags about working with them.
If that exposure was explored and the emphasis was placed on Our Savior’s activities bringing in the New Covenant there would be more conversions.
“common good.” irrefutable indicator that a criminal mind is at work. No decent person buys into the evil concept of “the common good.”
So after being complete scum during Trump’s Presidency with not one single word from the Democrat Party’s Church, now we suddenly all suppose to “play nice together”
NO, you all reign in your scum and their gutter level rhetoric and storm trooper tactics and we can talk. Until then don’t waster our time.
‘Civilize It’?....no
This will be meaningless until the Bishops stand up against pro abortion candidates like Biden. The “social justice” angle is the result of a fake Catholic Group called Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good. It was set up about 2004 with the express purpose of influencing Catholics to vote Dem and it has resulted in some (not all) Bishops apostatizing and going with the Dem social programs. Shame.
See this gentleman’s 600 hours of research if you want to know more: https://www.churchmilitant.com/pdf/ciax-2010-06-27.pdf
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