Franciscan Martín Carbajo, professor at the Pontifical University Antonianum, addressed some critiques of the encyclical “Fratelli tutti.”
FR. MARTÍN CARBAJO
Pontifical University Antonianum
“The Church speaks out to defend the concrete human being, made of flesh and bone, not the idealized person. Ideologies talk about the idealized human being. When there is no answer, these ideologies eliminate the person. Marxism, communism, have eliminated millions of people. Capitalism has reduced them to numbers, because it considers only profit, nothing else. The Church cares about the concrete person and does not, in principle, get involved in the political system.”
Martín Carbajo explained this during a meeting organized by Rome Reports Premium, in which the director of the Spanish section of “L'Osservatore Romano” also participated.
SILVINA PÉREZ
Director, Spanish Edition of L'Osservatore Romano
“I remember the important opinions of John Paul II regarding the market economy and capitalism, when the person is not put at the center of the economic system. I think that throughout its history, the Church has been constant on this matter.”
Silvina Pérez notes one of the pope's gestures in Assisi: a surprise visit before going to the tomb of St. Francis.
SILVINA PÉREZ
Director, Spanish Edition of L'Osservatore Romano
“Before arriving at St. Francis' tomb, the pope stopped to pay his respects to St. Clare. Then he went to Francis. He did this while there's controversy surrounding the topic of women.”
Rafael Vázquez, head of Inter-confessional Relations and Interreligious Dialogue of the Spanish bishops, also intervened. He pointed out the importance of dialogue to clarify misunderstandings.
RAFAEL VÁZQUEZ
Inter-confessional Relations and Interreligious Dialogue CEE
“Religions, says the pope, will build this universal fraternity if they are capable of looking at a brother or sister as God does. Despite the differences, he says, between believers and non-believers, God always loves people.”
In his latest encyclical, the pope highlights the need to indiscriminately open one's arms to every person, because all are brothers and sisters.
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Translation: CT
