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A reading, between rhetoric and realism, in pursuit of processes founded on an ethic based on the recognition of universal human rights and the Gospel message.

The meeting “At the margins of society” will take place on 17 September at the Aula Nuova of the Synod in the Vatican, the second of three events planned for 2022 in the run-up to the Jubilee 2025, organised by the Fratelli tutti Foundation.

After the symposium “Leaning into life”, held last 18 June, the Foundation once again puts the themes of proximity and care at the centre of its spiritual dialogues with a meeting that hinges on the teachings of the encyclical Fratelli Tutti.

“We must recognise the temptation that surrounds us to disregard others,” Pope Francis explains in his encyclical, “especially the most vulnerable. It must be said, we have grown in many ways but we are illiterate in accompanying, caring for and supporting the most vulnerable and frail in our developed societies. We have become accustomed to turning a blind eye, to passing by, to ignoring situations until they touch us directly”.

The Holy Father’s words will be the starting point for next Saturday’s meeting, again with a focus on solidarity as a “moral virtue and social attitude” that “demands a commitment on the part of a multiplicity of individuals”.