In Laudate Deum, released today "to all people of good will", Pope Francis shares his heartfelt concerns about the care of our common home. In the years since the publication of Laudato Si' in 2015, the Pope says, "I have realized that our responses have not been adequate, while the world in which we live is collapsing and may be nearing the breaking point."
In six chapters Pope Francis points to the human causes of climate change (ch.1), stresses nature is not to be exploited (ch. 2), names the weaknesses in global politics (ch. 3), reflects on the successes and failures of 30 years of climate conferences (ch. 4) shares his hopes for COP28 to be held in November 2023 (ch. 5) and calls on all faith groups to recognise "that human life is incomprehensible and unsustainable without other creatures" , to stop thinking of ourselves as "autonomous, omnipotent and limitless" and to remember that “there are no lasting changes without cultural changes, without a maturing of lifestyles and convictions within societies, and there are no cultural changes without personal changes”. He asks everyone "to accompany this pilgrimage of reconciliation with the world that is our home and to help make it more beautiful, because that commitment has to do with our personal dignity and highest values". (ch. 6). READ: Laudate Deum WATCH: this video introduction VIEW the explanatory graphic Comments are closed.
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