Review article

https://doi.org/10.31823/d.29.1.6

How to Read Pope Francis’ Encyclical Letter Laudato si’? From Dialogue to Community and Connection

Zoran Turza orcid.org/0000-0001-8436-6592 ; Catholic University of Croatia, Zagreb, Croatia
Mia Tomić orcid.org/0000-0002-9168-668X
Marta Šuća orcid.org/0000-0003-3983-3264
Paula Zujić orcid.org/0000-0001-5638-1832

Abstract

In 2015, Pope Francis released his encyclical letter Laudato si’ – On Care for Our Common Home, which aroused great interest among the faithful of the Catholic Church and in the academic community. To understand the encyclical better, this article outlines its three main characteristics: the dialogue between faith and reason, the universal communion, and the inseparable connection between economics, ecology, and poverty. The first characteristic concerns the cooperation with eminent scientists which resulted in the text of the first chapter of the encyclical. The second characteristic refers to the connection between all creatures in the world that proceeds from God’s act of creation, and the third refers to the inseparable interconnectedness of economy, ecology, and poverty. All three characteristics of the encyclical are in the function of promoting the comprehensive ecology as the only alternative to the dominant paradigm of market economy and attitude towards the environment.

Keywords

Pope Francis; Encyclical Letter Laudato si’; faith and reason; universal communion; economics; ecology; poverty

Hrčak ID:

255911

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/255911

Publication date:

16.4.2021.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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