WelCom April 2021
Pope Francis’ encyclical Fratelli tutti has been translated into Russian and presented at a cultural centre in the capital, Moscow. The translation was overseen by a Muslim group. The Pope said he was ‘delighted and impressed by the fact that it was the Muslim International Forum that edited this Russian-language translation’. The Pope said the translation will make Fratelli Tutti available to a large number of men and women of goodwill who wish to confront the text.
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