This is our faith
A short reflection on the link between the Catholic faith and caring for our common home. The source content for this reflection can be found in Laudato Si’ – On Caring for our Common Home by Pope Francis.
1.3 billion
Catholics
Connected
by a shared common faith.
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A faith that has
an ecological dimension.
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A faith that calls us
to undergo
an eco-conversion.
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A faith that is a summons
to a profound
interior conversion
of both heart and mind.
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A faith that contemplates God
in our natural world.
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A faith that affirms
that we are part of nature
included in it
and in constant interaction with it.
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A faith that calls us all
to work together
to care
for our common home.
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This is our faith.
Laudato Si’, On care for our common home.
Pope Francis, 2015
139. When we speak of the “environment”, what we really mean is a relationship existing between nature and the society which lives in it. Nature cannot be regarded as something separate from ourselves or as a mere setting in which we live. We are part of nature, included in it and thus in constant interaction with it. Recognizing the reasons why a given area is polluted requires a study of the workings of society, its economy, its behaviour patterns, and the ways it grasps reality. Given the scale of change, it is no longer possible to find a specific, discrete answer for each part of the problem. It is essential to seek comprehensive solutions which consider the interactions within natural systems themselves and with social systems. We are faced not with two separate crises, one environmental and the other social, but rather with one complex crisis which is both social and environmental. Strategies for a solution demand an integrated approach to combating poverty, restoring dignity to the excluded, and at the same time protecting nature.
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