International Day of Human Fraternity - 4 February
“My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you” (John 15: 12)
We are either brothers and sisters, or everything falls apart. This is the frontier on which we have to build the challenge of our century and the challenge of our times. Fraternity means an outstretched hand. Fraternity means respect. Fraternity means listening with an open heart. Fraternity means firmness in one’s own convictions, because there is no true fraternity if one’s convictions are negotiated (from His Holiness Pope Francis’ message for the first International Day of Human Fraternity).