O cuidado com a criação no magistério de Francisco e o diálogo com a sociedade

Abstract

The degradation and exploitation of the Common House are in a critical state. The change of consciousness in the way of relating to the Earth, leaving behind the understanding that it is a mere resource to be used until exhaustion, is one of the ways out. Francis, by writing the encyclical Laudato Si, is concerned about the ecological and climate crisis and invites Catholic Christians to look carefully at their attitudes towards Creation. But the Bishop of Rome does not address only the Catholic environment, his goal is to communicate with all people of good will, establishing a dialogue capable of overcoming the current conditions of the Planet. Thus, the pope is inspired by the figure of the saint of Assisi and opens himself to the orthodox contribution, establishing a fruitful dialogue with Bartholomew, the Ecumenical Patriarch. Francis wishes to overcome the idea of environmentalism or green discourse and therefore aims to build, in perennial dialogue with society and with the various knowledge and traditions, an Integral Ecology, capable of a social approach. He thus indicates Creation as a gift from God to all people and to all generations, announcing the exploitation of natural resources and the abuse against the original peoples and the suffering of the poorest. He evidences creation as a revealer of God and proposes an ecological conversion and an eco-spirituality