A Letter from the Publisher
PUBLISHER’S LETTER FOR FEBRUARY 2023
Dear Friends, In his recent encyclical, Fratelli Tutti, Pope Francis outlined the vision of a world reshaped by the spirit of “fraternity and social friendship.” Among his themes: “a better kind of politics,” solidarity with those on the margins, care for the earth, a new encounter with people of other faiths, the rejection of racism and xenophobia, and the commandment to love our neighbors as ourselves. I was struck by how many of these themes are echoed in new Orbis titles. One of the contexts for the Pope’s encyclical was the experience of the Covid-19 pandemic, which “momentarily revived the sense that we are a global community, all in the same boat, where one person’s problems are the problems of all.” And yet, Francis asks, will we truly learn...
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