The latest Pope Francis’ I Encyclical Letter “Laudato sì” addresses the care of our common home and it is linked to the path already traced by the previous Popes. Indeed, it is widely acknowledged that the Encyclical Letters Populorum progressio by Paul VI, Sollecitudo Rei Socialis by John Paul II and Caritas in Veritate by Benedict XVI, share the same central idea that is the aspiration to a Human ecology. The Catholic Church has always shown a deep interest in the creation and its safeguarding. Due to the Encyclical letter, Pope Francis took another step forward in the previous context highlighting the importance of an integral ecology pointing out how the care of nature, equity for the poor, and social tasks are inextricably connected to joy and inner peace. As a matter of fact, there is a close relationship between environment (intended as landscape protection and right to health), ecology (which means soil, air and water defense from pollution) and eradication of poverty, care of poor and fair access to planetary resources. After having stigmatized the culture of waste and scrapes, Pope Francis stated that cultivating and safeguarding the creation does not include only the relationship between us and the environment but also concerns human relationships due to the fact that environmental and human ecology walk together.
The Encyclical Letter "Laudato sì" between sustainable development and integral ecology
TIGANO MARTA
2020-01-01
Abstract
The latest Pope Francis’ I Encyclical Letter “Laudato sì” addresses the care of our common home and it is linked to the path already traced by the previous Popes. Indeed, it is widely acknowledged that the Encyclical Letters Populorum progressio by Paul VI, Sollecitudo Rei Socialis by John Paul II and Caritas in Veritate by Benedict XVI, share the same central idea that is the aspiration to a Human ecology. The Catholic Church has always shown a deep interest in the creation and its safeguarding. Due to the Encyclical letter, Pope Francis took another step forward in the previous context highlighting the importance of an integral ecology pointing out how the care of nature, equity for the poor, and social tasks are inextricably connected to joy and inner peace. As a matter of fact, there is a close relationship between environment (intended as landscape protection and right to health), ecology (which means soil, air and water defense from pollution) and eradication of poverty, care of poor and fair access to planetary resources. After having stigmatized the culture of waste and scrapes, Pope Francis stated that cultivating and safeguarding the creation does not include only the relationship between us and the environment but also concerns human relationships due to the fact that environmental and human ecology walk together.Pubblicazioni consigliate
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