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Fraternity and Solidarity

August 31, 2025

In his 2020 encyclical Fratelli Tutti, Pope Francis made the case for human fraternity and even for "political love"—a radically counter-cultural idea. Can we bring together religious thinking about fraternity and the more secular discourse of solidarity to make the case for the transformational possibilities of love in politics?

Georgetown faculty interested in contributing should send their 300-500 word essays to globaldialogues@georgetown.edu by September 17. 

Students also have the option of submitting via the Georgetown Global Dialogues Student Essay Contest (Deadline: September 12).