On Care for Our Common Home (Laudato Si') - Softcover

Pope Francis

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1593252838 ISBN 13: 9781593252830

Publisher: The Word Among Us Press, 2015

Synopsis

Study Guide Included for Reflection and Discussion.

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.

About this title

About the Author:

Pope Francis (Jorge Mario Bergoglio), is the first Latin American to be elected to the chair of Peter. A native of Buenos Aires, Argentina, he was ordained as a priest in 1969. He served as head of the Society of Jesus in Argentina from 1973 to 1979. In 1998 he became the archbishop of Buenos Aires, and in 2001 a cardinal. Following the resignation of his predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI, February 28, 2013, the conclave elected Bergoglio, who chose the papal name Francis in honor of Saint Francis of Assisi. He is the first pope to be a Jesuit and to come from the Americas.

About this edition

• Publisher: The Word Among Us Press
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1593252838
• ISBN 13: 9781593252830
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 200
• Editor: The Word Among Us Press