Today, 10 June, Saturday afternoon, the ‘World Meeting on Human Fraternity’ will take place. The event will feature music and testimonies with the presence of 30 Nobel Prize winners, marking the first “Not alone” World Meeting giving visibility and support to Pope Francis’ dream of a global human family living relationships of dialogue, solidarity and justice.
The Meeting will begin at 4 pm Rome time and is open to anyone wishing to participate. In the morning, there will be opportunities to discuss the theme of human fraternity, with the event bringing together some 30 Nobel Peace Laureates, together with young people and humanitarian associations, in order to understand what kind of world is possible when the we focus on the importance of human fraternity, as expressed in Pope Francis’ encyclical Fratelli tutti.
Representatives of some 76 organizations will be on hand, including representatives of the Christian Workers Movement, the Secular Franciscan Order, and members of Italy’s agricultural association, Coldiretti, in addition to the Cooperativa Auxilium medical assistance and outreach organization.
The World Meeting on Human Fraternity, with the title “Not Alone”, aims to relaunch Pope Francis’ dream of fraternity and also offer a way to express the closeness and prayers of all for the Pope, who was originally expected to be present at the event, but is currently in hospital.