Monday, October 6, 2025
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. EDT
Location: Online (4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. BST)
October 6, 2025
Fratelli Tutti at Five: An Encyclical for a Divided World
Event Series: Cultural Encounters: Books that Have Made a Difference
Released in October 2020, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the encyclical Fratelli Tutti ("Brothers and Sisters All") marked an important juncture in the development of Catholic social thought. Pope Francis' call for human fraternity, social friendship, and a culture of encounter built on the teaching of his predecessors, adapting the tradition to the challenges of a divided world. In this talk, Thomas Banchoff, director of the Georgetown University Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs, will discuss the message of Fratelli Tutti and its significance for our current global moment.
This event is sponsored by the Future of the Humanities Project, the Georgetown Humanities Initiative, the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs, and the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life at Georgetown University with Blackfriars Hall, Oxford. It is part of the series Cultural Encounters: Books that Have Made a Difference.
Participants
Thomas Banchoff
Thomas Banchoff is vice president for global engagement at Georgetown University, where he also serves as director of the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs and professor in the Department of Government and Walsh School of Foreign Service.
Michael Scott
Michael Scott is senior dean, fellow of Blackfriars Hall, Oxford, college advisor for postgraduate students, and a member of the Las Casas Institute. He also serves as senior advisor to the president of Georgetown University. Scott previously served as the pro-vice-chancellor at De Montfort University and founding vice-chancellor of Wrexham Glyndwr University, where he is professor emeritus.