The encyclical is divided into six chapters which together provide a thorough analysis of human life and its three intertwined relationships: with God, with our neighbor, and with the earth: While Laudato Si' is the first encyclical to focus on the environment and its destruction in such a comprehensive way, its foundation rests in a long history of Church teaching on creation. First, it entails gratitude and gratuitousness, a recognition that the world is God’s loving gift, and that we are called quietly to imitate his generosity in self-sacrifice and good works. This video has been produced by the Catholic Agency For Overseas Development (CAFOD) and provides a brief overview for the encyclical for children. In his encyclical, Laudato Si’, Pope Francis speaks openly about the devastating effects of the ecological crisis has on people and the planet. The world started peacefully and blemish-free but not until people came and started to control things they found here on Earth. Laudato Si': Caring for Our Common Home Bulletin Insert | en Español This conversion calls for a number of attitudes which together foster a spirit of generous care, full of tenderness. Laudato Si' Online Lecture Series This document was developed to provide a brief overview of the encyclical for legislators and congressional staff. On Fraternity and Social Friendship (Fratelli Tutti), Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship: A Call to Political Responsibility, Prayer Companion for Eucharistic Adoration. Laudato Si': On Care for Our Common Home is the new appealfrom Pope Francis addressed to "every person living on this planet" for an inclusive dialogue about how we are shaping the future of our planet. Pope Francis has written a letter addressed to every person on this planet, asking us all to protect our common home, the earth.

The Reason Why Laudato Si was Written; Laudato Si calls the World’s Attention; Laudato Si: An Eye Opener to Humanity; Laudato Si Explained; A Summary of the Encyclical Laudato Si; The Reason Why Laudato Si was Written. This encyclical is written with both hope and resolve, looking to our common future with candor and humility. This discussion guide, for use with Pope Francis' encyclical Laudato Si', can help small groups explore and dialogue with this important document. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. A reflection to ask what have we done to our common home. ( Log Out /  Pope Francis also quotes not only from Scripture and the ancient Church Fathers and Doctors, but also from the thought of the Eastern Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, and even cites the Sufi … Statement made by Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz welcoming the release of Pope Francis' encyclical on ecology Laudato Si' on June 18, 2015. 217 “The external deserts in the world are growing, because the internal deserts have become so vast”. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. As believers, we do not look at the world from without but from within, conscious of the bonds with which the Father has linked us to all beings. He says that climate change is real, urgent and it must be tackled, asking us to remember that the climate is “a common good, belonging to all and meant for all”. This encyclical is written with both hope and resolve, … Pope Francis calls the Church and the world to acknowledge the urgency of our environmental challenges and to join him in embarking on a new path. The 6-part series covers each chapter of the encyclical in-depth with speakers including Cardinal Peter Turkson and Bishop Marcelo Sachez Sorondo. ( Log Out /  The title is taken from the first line of the encyclical, "Laudato si', mi Signore," or "Praise be to you, my Lord."

Posted on February 17, 2016 February 17, 2016 by Dana Leal. Read the full text of Laudato Si' online here (en Español) or buy a copy (en Español). 219. Pope Francis has written an ‘encyclical’ or letter to everyone asking us to ‘Care for Our Common Home’. 4: Cry of the earth and the cry of the poor, Explore the teachings of Pope Francis and ecology, Exploring the Amazon and integral ecology, Exploring the relationship between faith and ecology. To find other resources on the care of creation, visit the Environmental Justice page. It is quite possible that Laudato Si' is the first encyclical addressed to the universal Church (indeed, as the encyclical states in paragraph 62, "addressed to all people of good will") not to be written in Latin; that would take a comprehensive review of all encyclicals ever written. Such a conviction cannot be written off as naive romanticism, for it affects the choices which determine our behaviour.