Pope Francis invites the Church
to celebrate Laudato Si’ Week
Pope Francis in a video message invites Catholic communities
around the world to celebrate Laudato Si’ Week from 16 to 24 May 2020.
By Vatican News
In his videomessage Pope Francis asks, “What kind of world
do we want to leave to those who will come after us, to children who are
growing up?
“Motivated by this question”, he says, “I would like to
invite you to participate in Laudato Si' Week from May 16 to 24, 2020. It is a
global campaign on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the encyclical
letter Laudato si': on the care of the common home.”
In the message, the Pope renews his urgent call to respond
to the ecological crisis. “The cry of the Earth and the cry of the poor cannot
continue”, he says.
“Let's take care of creation, a gift of our good Creator
God. Let's celebrate Laudato Si' Week together.”
Getting involved
Laudato Si’ Week is being sponsored by the Dicastery for
Promoting Integral Human Development and it is encouraging Catholic communities
to take bolder actions for creation during the week-long initiative.
Suggested guidance on highly impactful actions is available
on the Laudato Si’ Week website.
As part of the week communities are being invited to click
on the useful toolkit to
plan and implement their actions and to use the template promotional materials to
share the word about activities with their members.
2020 deadlines and targets
The fifth anniversary of Laudato si’ coincides
with important events in the race to find solutions to the environmental
crisis.
This year is the deadline for countries to announce their
plans to meet the goals of the Paris climate agreement.
The year 2020 will also see the UN’s conference on biodiversity,
in which humanity will have the opportunity to set meaningful targets to
protect the places and species that sustain all life.
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