What’s in a name? At the Vatican, a debate on inclusiveness
Rome, ItalyAP The Vatican responded Wednesday to criticism that the title of Pope Francis’ upcoming encyclical on the post-COVID world is sexist, saying the document, Fratelli Tutti, (Brothers All) in no way excludes women. In Italian, “fratelli” means brothers but it is also used as the inclusive, brothers and sisters. Since Francis takes pains to […]
BOOKS: EXAMINING POPE PIUS XI’S LITTLE KNOWN EFFORTS TO COUNTER HITLER
DAVID ADAMS reads Peter Eisner’s account of how American priest John LaFarge supported Pope Pius XI’s little known efforts to counter the rise of anti-Semitism in the days before the outbreak of World War II…