Care for Creation
Pope Francis, in his beautiful encyclical Laudato Si’, “On Care for Our Common Home,” calls the faithful to care for our common home. This page of our website aims to promote the teachings, values and vision expressed in Laudato Si’. It seeks to further awareness of Catholic teaching on our responsibility to care for our environment, point out opportunities to be better stewards of God’s Creation, share ways to live more sustainably, and to publish initiatives to care for the environment
Caring for our Earth is a requirement of our faith. Through the practice of our faith we become stewards of creation. In doing so, we are compelled to live and act in ways that protect the well-being of the planet and its inhabitants, whether human or non-human. In caring for creation we show respect and love to the Creator. Our bond to creation calls us to be know and act on the practices that threaten the integrity of our planet.
“The future of humanity depends on a great movement of rehumanization.
It’s time to focus on things that support humanization. It’s time to celebrate those things that bring out the best in people.
To accomplish this, a great shift in our culture is necessary. Our focus on money dehumanizes our relationships by making them transactional. Our focus on things leads us to dehumanize each other by objectifying people. Our focus on appearances dehumanizes our relationships by making them disingenuous. It’s time to move beyond a money-orientated way of life, beyond an object-oriented way of life, beyond an appearance-oriented lifestyle, and create a people oriented society.”
-Matthew Kelly, Life is Messy
The Laudato Si’ Action Platform
Laudato Si’ calls us toward sustainability in the spirit of integral ecology. With profound care for each other, our Creator and all creation, we are building a better future together.
The Laudato Si’ Action Platform is a space for institutions, communities, and families to learn and grow together as we journey towards full sustainability in the holistic spirit of integral ecology. It is a unique collaboration between the Vatican, an international coalition of Catholic organizations, and “all men and women of good will.” (LS 3) Taking a truly ground-up approach, it is rooted in the strengths and realities of communities around the world, empowering all to take “decisive action, here and now” as we journey towards a better future together. (LS 161)
Action is urgently needed. Our Creator called the human family to be the steward of creation, but we have neglected that call. Our hotter, dirtier, deader planet is driving up the risk of suffering. The most vulnerable suffer above all.
Learn more about the Laudato Si’ Action Platform, Click here.