Development and Peace recently published an article on Pope Francis encyclical ‘Laudato Si’.

“In his landmark letter, Pope Francis gave us the challenge to hear “the cry of the earth and the cry of the poor” and called for an “ecological conversion”. In this Jubilee Year, Laudato Si’ takes on new significance, not only because of its 10th Anniversary, but also because among the encyclical’s many themes is attention to both financial and ecological debt.” (LS, 49)

Pope Francis reflection on the time that passed between when he wrote Laudato Si’ and the 2023 COP28 conference on climate change, writing:

“I have asked that our responses have not been adequate, while the world in which we live is collapsing and may be nearing the breaking point. In addition to this possibility, it is indubitable that the impact of climate change will increasingly prejudice the lives and families of many persons. We will feel it effects in the areas of healthcare, sources of employment, access to resources, housing forced migrations, etc.” (LS, 2)

“As Pope Francis reminded us, “we need to strengthen the conviction that we are one single human family. There are no frontiers or barriers, political or social, behind which we can hid, still less is there room for globalization of indifference.” (LS, 52)

To read more of this article by Dean Dettloff, Research and Advocacy Officer, educator and storyteller click on the following link:

https://devp.org/en/laudato-si-why-it-matters-more-than-ever-10-years-on/

A copy of the book Laudato Si’ is available on the book shelf in the lobby of the church. If you chose to read this book, please return it when you are finished so others may read it as well.

Also, on the Development and Peace website is an open letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney re. Canada’s role in building “a world guided by solidarity, justice and sustainability” by Luke Stocking, Development and Peace Interim Executive Director. Click here to read the entire letter:  https://devp.org/en/to-prime-minister-mark-carney/