Netzwerk Afrika Deutschland (NAD) www.netzwerkafrika.de - AEFJN http://aefjn.org/ „Laudato Si“ – On care for our common home Pope Francis’ Encyclical ‘Laudato Si’ powerfully reminds the Church and “all men and women of good will” of one of the main problems...
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Netzwerk Afrika Deutschland (NAD) www.netzwerkafrika.de - AEFJN http://aefjn.org/ „Laudato Si“ – On care for our common home Pope Francis’ Encyclical ‘Laudato Si’ powerfully reminds the Church and “all men and women of good will” of one of the main problems of our time: climate change and its foreseeable disastrous consequences. Six months before the UN-Climate Summit in Paris the Pope wants to challenge governments to finally reach an agreement about binding global targets to limit climate change. His concern is not only about climate; it is about justice: justice to the poor who are most vulnerable, justice to future generations, justice to for all God’s creatures. The Pope criticises our present ‘techno-economic paradigm’ which treats nature as if it were an inexhaustible cheap source of raw material. In his radical way he says this promotes the extravagant and wasteful life style of the few while ignoring the basic necessities of the life of the poor. Following the example of St. F
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