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Posted on 02/05/2026 6:20:46 PM PST by ebb tide
In a message for the International Day of Human Fraternity and the awarding of the Zayed Award for Human Fraternity, Pope Leo XIV paid tribute to “what is most precious and universal in our humanity: our fraternity, that unbreakable bond which unites every human being, created in the image of God.”
Both the day and the award recall the Document on Human Fraternity, signed on February 4, 2019, by Pope Francis and Sunni Muslim leader Ahmed Al-Tayeb, the Grand Imam of Al Azhar in Egypt, during Pope Francis’s apostolic journey to the United Arab Emirates. The award is named after Sheikh Zayed ibn Sultan Al Nahyan (c. 1918-2004), the president of the United Arab Emirates from 1971 until his death.
“Today, the need for this fraternity is not a distant ideal but an urgent necessity,” Pope Leo wrote in his message, dated January 22 and released on February 4. “We cannot ignore the fact that too many of our brothers and sisters are currently suffering the horrors of violence and war.”
“At a time when the dream of building peace together is often dismissed as an outdated utopia, we must proclaim with conviction that human fraternity is a lived reality, stronger than all conflicts, differences and tensions,” the Pope continued. “It is a potential that must be realized through a daily, concrete commitment to respect, sharing and compassion.”
Paying tribute to the award recipients, the Pope said:
Our laureates—His Excellency Ilham Aliyev, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, His Excellency Nikol Pashinyan, Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia, Ms. Zarqa Yaftali and Palestinian organization Taawon—are sowers of hope in a world that too often builds walls instead of bridges. By choosing the demanding path of solidarity over the easy path of indifference, they have demonstrated that even the most deep-seated divisions can be healed through concrete action. Their work bears witness to the conviction that the light of fraternity can prevail over the darkness of fratricide.
“Finally, I express my gratitude to His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates, for his steadfast support of this initiative, as well as the Zayed Committee for its vision and moral conviction,” the Pope added. “Let us continue to work together so that the dynamic of fraternal love may become the common path of all, and that the ‘other’ may no longer be seen as a stranger or a threat, but recognized as a brother or a sister.”
The six-member judging committee for the $1-million award includes a papal designee: Cardinal José Tolentino de Mendonça, the prefect of the Dicastery for Culture and Education.
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Hasn’t “human fraternity” been an “urgent necessity” for thousands of years?
The Pope is surely aware that Islam will never, indeed can never, coexist with the rest of humanity.
Did he mention Jesus Christ?
What other fraternity can there be besides between humans?
No; never in the presence of his "fraternal" muslims.
According to Francis, proselytizing to unbelievers is a sin.
Here's your "fraternity", the 21 Martyrs of Libya:
Looks like you're taking over for Frankie as a bacha bazi.
So tired of this fake kumbaya garbage
The war cry of the anti-Catholic anarchists of the French Revolution.
Hasn’t “human fraternity” been an “urgent necessity” for thousands of years?
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Does it encompass those humans who decapitate unbelievers who decline to embrace their religious convictions? Thinking people would like to know the answer to that question! Maybe Leo could tell us.
The "Pope" is the "vicar or Christ" - considered the earthly representative of Jesus Christ
Does he really have to mention Him - every time he writes?
Isn't vicarness enough - comforting to just know he's there blessing us with his earthly presence.
Another question: Was he sitting ex cathedra when he wrote these comforting words? Is a "pope" infallable when he writes ex cathedra?
Beats me.
Has the magic staring hum stepped in on this question?
What other fraternity can there be besides between humans?
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A fraternity of angels?
Could you translate that Martian into English please?
“Let us continue to work together so that the dynamic of fraternal love may become the common path of all, and that the ‘other’ may no longer be seen as a stranger or a threat, but recognized as a brother or a sister.” That’s right fine Padre...until they want to kill me.
How to say you’re a marxist without saying you’re a marxist
This is why I donate to the Human Fund. Money for people.
https://www.usccb.org/committees/ecumenical-interreligious-affairs/vatican-council-and-papal-statements-islam
Second Vatican Council, Lumen Gentium 16, November 21, 1964
The Moslems, “professing to hold the faith of Abraham, along with us adore the one and merciful God, who at the last day will judge mankind” (Lumen Gentium 16 - the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church on "the universal call to holiness").
Second Vatican Council, Nostra Aetate 3, October 28, 1965
Though the Islamic faith does not acknowledge Jesus as God, it does revere Him as prophet, and also honors His virgin mother. Moslems “prize the moral life, and give worship to God especially through prayer, almsgiving and fasting” (Nostra Aetate 3). Noting that there had been many quarrels and hostilities between Christians and Muslims, the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965) urged that all “forget the past and strive sincerely for mutual understanding, and, on the behalf of all mankind, make common cause of safeguarding and fostering social justice, moral values, peace, and freedom” (Nostra Aetate 3 - a declaration about non-Christian religions).
Chaldean Catholic Patriarch Raphael I Bidawid (above – on the left) affirmed that he was present at the Vatican when John Paul II kissed the Muslim "holy" book: "On May 14th (1999) I was received by the Pope, together with a delegation composed of the Shi'ite imam of Khadum mosque and the Sunni president of the council of administration of the Iraqi Islamic Bank. There was also a representative of the Iraqi ministry of religion. .... At the end of the audience the Pope bowed to the Muslim holy book, the Qu'ran, presented to him by the delegation, and he kissed it as a sign of respect. The photo of that gesture has been shown repeatedly on Iraqi television and it demonstrates that the Pope is not only aware of the suffering of the Iraqi people, he has also great respect for Islam."
Human “Fraternity” always bothered me. Even in grade school, priests were mad at me when I got better grades than the boys. It only got worse in high school and Catholic college was TERRIBLE to girls. Never went back to church after college.
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