Official Position of Vatican Concerning the Responsibility for the Global Problem of Climate Change
Official Position of Vatican Concerning the Responsibility for the Global Problem of Climate Change
Author(s): Olga Ivasechko, Maryana ZdorovehaSubject(s): Environmental and Energy policy, Evaluation research, Human Ecology, Environmental interactions
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego w Olsztynie
Keywords: climate change; Pope Francis; encyclical; ecological crisis; responsibility;
Summary/Abstract: The article highlights the views of the Pope Francis on the global climate change issue. The main attention is paid to the Encyclical letter Laudato si, in which Holy Father Francis addresses ecological problems that have resulted from human activity. The Papal document covers the current state in the field of environmental protection, the causes of the environmental crisis and possible ways to solve it. Pope Francis introduces an integral ecology as a new paradigm of justice, which will include a special place of person in the world and relationship with the reality that surrounds her. The Catholic Church invites everyone for open and honest dialogue about solutions global problems of climate change.
Journal: Studia Warmińskie
- Issue Year: 55/2018
- Issue No: 55
- Page Range: 147-158
- Page Count: 12
- Language: English