{"id":327382,"date":"2015-06-19T06:19:19","date_gmt":"2015-06-19T04:19:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/laudato-si-for-an-integral-ecology\/"},"modified":"2024-05-16T15:00:45","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T13:00:45","slug":"laudato-si-for-an-integral-ecology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/laudato-si-for-an-integral-ecology\/","title":{"rendered":"“Laudato s\u00ec” for an integral ecology"},"content":{"rendered":"

All the popes, from Pope Paul VI on have spoken about the environment, focusing on the issue of ecology? <\/strong>Pope Francis\u2019s encyclical on the Creation<\/a> created a buzz even before its publication. What is the scope and significance of this document? <\/strong> \"Conferenza\u201cThe uniqueness of this extraordinary document was highlighted at the presentation of the Encyclical Letter of Pope Francis, which I attended on June 18, 2015. Laudato si\u2019 <\/em>is the result of team work. The founder and director of the Postdam Institute for the study of the impact of climate change, Dr. Shellenhuber, said that it puts faith and reason together, <\/strong> and that its content is totally in line with scientific proofs. It is a concrete encyclical, as economist Dr. Carolyn Woo describes it, in which the Pope claims that it is important to protect the environment even from an economic standpoint <\/strong>because this will bear fruit and reduce costs. Metropolitan Jhon Zizioulas thanked Pope Francis several times, as he emphasised how the Encyclical highlights the relationship of man with the earth, <\/strong>along with his relationship with God and neighbour, a relationship very often forgotten. In conclusion, Cardinal Turkson, President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, highlighted how Pope Francis places integral ecology<\/strong> at the core of the document, affirming that \u201cwhen we speak of the \u2018environment,\u2019 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.\u201d <\/strong> What projects will <\/strong>EcoOne<\/a> be bringing ahead for the protection of Creation? <\/strong> \u201cFirst of all, there is the intellectual contribution, and international meetings for the elaboration of an ecological theory <\/strong>based on care, environmental conscience-responsibility, new person-nature relationship, and sustainable development. There have been many initiatives over the years at the level of study, personal and team research. I mention only one, which was the recent contribution by EcoOne <\/em>to the ongoing reflection on ecology published under the title Focus sull\u2019ecologia <\/em>in Nuova Umanit\u00e0<\/em> (34, 2012\/1, 1999)<\/a>, which presents: <\/p>\n