Aerial view of whales swimming among icebergs. Photo: Monica Bertolazzi / Getty Images
Why do we work to protect the environment? For some, it’s about survival. For others, it’s about economics. But at our core, most of us are driven by our values: We believe that caring for our planet, for future generations and all living things, is the right thing to do.
For more than 1 billion Catholics around the world, Pope Francis’s 2015 Encyclical, Laudato si’, embodies that mindset, seamlessly linking their faith and sense of justice with environmental stewardship. A global movement has emerged to put those teachings into practice.
Graphic: Mia Shu / SEI. Photo: High angle view of people on a walkway amid the canopy of a forest. Brett Worth / EyeEm via Getty Images
In a first-of-its-kind partnership for SEI, we have collaborated with the Vatican’s Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development to produce “Our common home: A guide to caring for our living planet,” a booklet and website that connect the science of climate change, biodiversity and sustainable resource use with the messages of Laudato si’.
At our virtual launch event, on Tuesday, 14 February at 15:00-16:00 CET, we will unveil the booklet – available in English, French, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish – and share perspectives from science and faith on its key messages and how they might be put into practice in different contexts.
Agenda
15:00 Fr. Sergio Massironi gives welcoming remarks and video
15:10 His Eminence, Cardinal Czerny, Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development
15:15 Måns Nilsson, SEI Executive Director
15:20 Molly Burd, Digital Coordinator at SEI and project lead of the booklet
15:24 Video of parishes
15:30 His Excellency, Andrés Jato, the Swedish Ambassador of the Holy See, our funding partners in this project, and who initiated our partnership
15:33 John Mundell, Director of the Laudato Si’ Action Platform
15:40 Q&A
16:00 Close
We partnered with the Dicastery to produce a unique educational booklet for lay readers, which builds on the latest science and the writings of Pope Francis.
