By Catholic Sabah
Oct 23 2021
POPE Francis has gifted us the Laudato Si’ Action Platform (LSAP), a seven-year journey of ecological conversion in action, which was originally set for Oct 4, has now been pushed back to mid-November (Nov 14).
Meanwhile, the Vatican Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, which is leading the project, has planned a 40-day prayer and promotion campaign to increase awareness and build greater momentum around the action platform.
In a letter announcing the new campaign (see attachment), Cardinal Peter Turkson, prefect of the dicastery, formally invited Catholic organizations to join the Laudato Si’s initiative during what he called “this crucial decade” for “radical societal transformation” as increasing climate change and environmental degradation threaten both the planet’s ecosystems and people.
“The platform will create a space for the universal Church – and beyond – to respond to the global emergency we are facing. Through it we can learn and grow together as we take decisive action to build a better future in the spirit of Laudato Si’,” he said.
The Laudato Si’ Action Platform has been billed as a major grassroots effort to mobilize Catholics worldwide to put into action the message of integral ecology in Francis’ 2015 encyclical, “Laudato Si’, on Care for Our Common Home,” during a decade scientists say is critical for global responses to climate change and other environmental destruction.
Please find the links to two letters relating to the Laudato Si’ Action Platform and the Prayers of its Prayer Campaign running from 4 Oct to 14 Nov here.
