Monday, March 22, 2021
The encyclical Laudato Si’ offers a special intuition of Pope Francis: the concept of integral ecology an approach highlighting that ‘everything is closely interrelated.’ The cry of the earth is no different from the cry of the poor; the ecological crisis is a social crisis. The second goal of Laudato Si’ is thus a call to respond to the Cry of the Poor defending life in all its forms, with special attention to vulnerable groups such as indigenous people, migrants, unborn children and children at risk of modern slavery.