{"id":16119,"date":"2026-09-01T12:23:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T10:23:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.olcgs.org\/?page_id=16119"},"modified":"2026-09-08T13:12:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T11:12:00","slug":"laudato-si","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.olcgs.org\/es\/laudato-si\/","title":{"rendered":"Laudato Si"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Laudato Si\u2019: Caring for Our Common Home<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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What is Laudato Si\u2019?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Laudato Si\u2019 – meaning \u2018Praise be to you\u2019 – is Pope Francis\u2019s 2015 encyclical on care for our common home. Addressed to every person, it asks us to recognize that environmental, social, economic, and spiritual crises are connected – and that our response must be connected too.<\/p>

Its vision of integral ecology brings together care for Earth, human dignity, the common good, and responsibility to future generations. It calls for dialogue and action on climate change, pollution, biodiversity loss, unequal access to resources, poverty, and the throwaway culture.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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A Deeper Call to Ecological Conversion<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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More than a decade after Laudato Si\u2019<\/em>, the International Theological Commission\u2019s 2026 document Caring for Our Common Home: A Responsible and Fraternal Response to the Triune God<\/em> develops this teaching further. Published with the authorization of Pope Leo XIV, it calls for an ecological conversion that changes not only our actions, but also how we understand our place within creation.<\/p>

The document proposes describing serious harm to our common home as a \u201csin against creation and against the Creator<\/em>.\u201d This recognizes both the damage inflicted on nature and the rejection of God\u2019s plan, which entrusts humanity with the stewardship and care of creation. Such harm distorts our relationships with God, with one another\u2014especially people experiencing poverty and future generations\u2014and with creation itself.<\/p>

Ecological conversion therefore calls us to restore these relationships through prayer, responsible choices, solidarity and collective action.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Our Call to Action on Integral Ecology<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Care for creation is not separate from the Good Shepherd mission. Our spirituality recognizes that life is interconnected and calls us to live justly in relationship with all creation.<\/p>

Ecological harm is also a justice issue. It falls hardest on people living in poverty and can intensify displacement, unsafe work, hunger, water insecurity, and violence. Girls, women, and children are often among those most affected.<\/p>

At the 31st Congregational Chapter, Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd committed to aligning our Congregational response with the Laudato Si\u2019 Action Platform. This commitment shapes how we pray, live, serve, manage resources, advocate, and form partnerships.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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From commitment to action<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Our response takes different forms according to local realities. Across the global Good Shepherd mission, sisters and partners-in-mission are:<\/p>