Laudato si'

The passing of Pope Francis coincides with the 10th anniversary of Laudato Si’, his groundbreaking encyclical that redefined Catholic environmental teaching in the context of today’s ecological crisis.

Pope Francis, dubbed the Green Pope, had made his stand clear for environmental protection and climate change, one of which was his issuance of the lengthy 2015 encyclical Laudato Si’ calling for care for our common home.

On Good Friday, April 18, the Laudato Si' Movement (LSM) Korea Chapter led over 50 priests, religious, and laypeople in an Ecological Way of the Cross, journeying from Gwanghwamun Square—one of Seoul’s busiest intersections—to Myeongdong Cathedral, the heart of the Archdiocese of Seoul.

A contemplative online vigil is scheduled to mark one decade of Pope Francis’ encyclical on environment
care, Laudato Si’.

Caritas Philippines expressed its full support of the ecological initiative to put up 10 million solar
rooftops in the country.

Fr. De Jesus said “We also integrate awareness of care for the earth in every activity we do. We showcase a food forest in the Hermitage [and] practice a lifestyle of permaculture.”

Pope Francis has published an Apostolic Exhortation building on his 2015 encyclical. “We’re not reacting enough,” he says, “we’re close to breaking point,” according to Vatican News.

Pope Francis announced his plans to release a follow-up to his 2015 encyclical Laudato Si on October 4, St. Francis' feast day.

Besides the realization of how fearful the situation seemed, the sacredness of the ecology and the desire to treat it with due respect, are powerfully proposed by the film The Letter.

Bring healing to our lives, that we may protect the world and not prey on it, that we may sow beauty, not pollution and destruction.

"The climate is a common good, belonging to all and serving all." Cardinal Anthony Poola

Laudato si’ Week, which takes place from the 22-29 May celebrates the seventh anniversary of Pope Francis' encyclical on the care of creation, and focuses on the seven objectives pursued in the Laudato si’ Action Platform.

Pope Francis called for “a new ecological approach” to the environment even as he decried the “predatory attitude” that people have toward the planet.

The Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development launches the Laudato si' Action Platform, a seven-year journey of Ecological conversion in Action.

Church leaders across Asia have joined Pope Francis’ call for “care for creation” as the Catholic Church marks this week the fifth anniversary of encyclical Laudato si’.