The radical challenge of Fratelli Tutti
St Francis and the Sultan, icon by Br. Robert Lenz, OFM
This year marks the 800th anniversary of St. Francis's writing of the Canticle of the Creatures
and the fifth anniversary of Pope Francis's encyclical Fratelli Tutti, inspired by St. Francis's visit to Sultan al-Malik al-Kamal in 1219.
Did you know that it was 800 years later (2019) that Pope Francis traveled to the United Arab Emirates for a conference on "global fraternity" - attended by rabbis, imams, swamis, patriarchs, and other religious officials?
There Pope Francis and the Grand Imam of Cairo’s Al-Azhar Mosque, Sheikh Ahmad al-Tayeb,
signed the 'Document on Human Fraternity for World Peace and Living Together.'
With this crossword, delve into the radical challenge
Pope Francis gave the world in Fratelli Tutti.
It is only through authentic dialogue and social encounter
that we have a chance at transforming ourselves into instruments of peace.
(Click on "Crossword”)