Protecting the whole of creation. A service that the Bishop of Rome is called to carry out

Editorial 'La Civiltà Cattolica', 2015 II 537-551

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«PROTECTING THE WHOLE OF CREATION». A service that the Bishop of Rome is called to carry out
Pope Francis' Encyclical on ecology will be published soon. With its publication, the Church's Magisterium takes the environmental issue to the heart of its social doctrine. The Editorial summarizes the ecological path which the Popes have indicated in the last 50 years until today. In fact, at the beginning of his pontificate, Pope Francis said that «to guard the entire Creation» is «a service which the Bishop of Rome is called to do». Pope Francis has always strived for the harmony between all living beings: he has an anthropological, but not anthropocentric view. His commitment leads us towards an ecological spirituality which is a spiritual and sacramental life that is not alienated from the fact that we inhabit the created world as our «home».

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