By LiCAS.news
CATHOLIC leaders and environmental advocates in Indonesia urged parishes to turn Pope Francis’ ecological teachings into concrete community action during a forum promoting the “Green Parish” movement in Yogyakarta.
The May 16 talk show, titled “Green Parish Movement, the Implementation of Laudato Si’ and the Church’s Social Movement,” highlighted ecological conversion as an expression of Christian faith and encouraged Catholics, especially young people, to respond to environmental problems through parish-based initiatives.
The event was held at the Bonaventura Building Auditorium of Atma Jaya University Yogyakarta and organized by the East Yogyakarta and West Yogyakarta vicariates in partnership with the university.
Among the speakers was Kianto Atmojo, who said the teachings of Laudato Si’, Pope Francis’ encyclical on care for creation, and Laudate Deum, his follow-up climate document, call people to deepen their relationship not only with God and others, but also with nature.
“Caring for the environment becomes part of faith. Human beings are called to care for the Earth as God’s creation,” he said.
Atmojo explained that the Green Parish movement promotes an ecocentric approach that sees humans as part of nature, contrasting it with anthropocentric thinking that prioritizes human interests without considering environmental consequences.
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