On care for our common home :

On care for our common home : the encyclical letter laudato si' / Encyclical letter laudato si' Laudato si' Pope Francis ; introduction by Msgr. Kevin W. Irwin. - Melville The Jesuit Institute South Africa - vii, 144 pages ; 21 cm

Includes bibliographical references.

"Addressed not only to Catholics but to every person living on this planet, Pope Francis' second encyclical is a challenging call for a bold cultural revolution in how we think about technological progress and economic growth. The degradation of our environment, he says, is a symptom of deeper problems: rapid change, unsustainable overconsumption, indifference to the poor, and the decay of social values. He offers a variety of solutions, including a change in lifestyles away from extreme consumerism and towards a greater sense of social responsibility. For Christians, an ecological spirituality one that is grounded in the convictions of our faith is not an optional or a secondary aspect of our Christian experience. Drawing on the rich social teachings of the Church, Laudato Si is a groundbreaking document that will be discussed and studied by both believers and non-believers for years to come."--Publisher.

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Catholic Church. Pope (2013- : Francis). English. Laudato si'.
Catholic Church--Doctrines.


Human ecology--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
Ecotheology.
Climatic changes--Effect of human beings on.
Christian sociology--Catholic Church.

BX1795.H82 NIE / C383234 2015

BX 1796.H82 NIE