Our love for others, for who they are, moves us to seek the best for their lives. Only by cultivating this way of relating to one another will we make possible a social friendship that excludes no one and a fraternity that is open to all. #FratelliTutti
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) October 9, 2020
Let's check the Latin.
Amor in alium sicut ipse est nos impellit, ut optimum requiramus pro eius vita. Hanc huius generis tantum colentes necessitudinem, socialem amicitiam efficimus, quae neminem depellit et fraternitas omnibus patet. #FratresOmnes
— Papa Franciscus (@Pontifex_ln) October 9, 2020
Not helpful. The lack of precision surrounding "love" in Western European languages is a fact, regardless of whether I like it or not. But to avoid precision in the Latin? Why wouldn't his ghostwrter use caritas instead? Then again, amor is used all over Caritas in veritate and Deus Caritas Est. Would we find the same sort of verbal imprecision in a Greek Father or bishop? Do we need a new word or a neologism to replace "love" that is identified with agape or caritas?
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