Netzwerk Afrika Deutschland (NAD) www.netzwerkafrika.de - AEFJN http://aefjn.org/ Living in communion with all creatures - The conviction that everything in the world is connected In our utilitarian mentality we are inclined to look at nature as a...
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Netzwerk Afrika Deutschland (NAD) www.netzwerkafrika.de - AEFJN http://aefjn.org/ Living in communion with all creatures - The conviction that everything in the world is connected In our utilitarian mentality we are inclined to look at nature as a collection of useful items and think of ourselves as individuals apart from and above nature. Science has taught us to see the world as a network of closely connected ecosystems in which living creatures communicate with each other and are dependent on each other. In ‘Laudato Si’ Pope Francis has given us ‘a spirituality of global solidarity’ where we see ourselves as ‘part of a universal family’ living in communion with God and all his creatures of whom we are part and on whom our life depends. ...As part of the universe, called into being by one Father, all of us are linked by unseen bonds and together form a kind of universal family, a sublime communion which fills us with a sacred, affectionate and humble respect... This is not to put all
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