July 19, 2019

Fraternity Campaign 2019

The 2019 Fraternity Campaign, with the theme “Fraternity and Public Policies”, was launched on March 6 of this year by the Catholic Church in Brazil, through the National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (CNBB), effective until April 14th. The Campaign has as its motto the small text extracted from the book of Isaiah 1, 27: “You will be freed by law and by justice”.

The purpose of this edition of the Campaign was to encourage the participation of civil society, especially the Christian community, in deliberative councils for the formulation, evaluation and social control of public policies at all levels. The basic text of the campaign states that “Public policies are actions and programs that are developed by the State to guarantee and put into practice rights that are foreseen in the Federal Constitution and in other laws”.

The Fraternity Campaign has been held annually since 1962. As of 2014, it began to address issues related to challenges for achieving the well-being of the population. Below is the official poster for this year's edition.