CITY ‘VATICAN – Papa Francesco choose a teacher who taught for twenty years in a suburb of Rome to present to the world, in a classroom the Synod packed, his encyclical Praised be ‘. Together with her, a young man and a woman so far unknown to the media, called to witness to the human and environmental degradation of the city and the “signs of hope” tied to the commitment for the common good. Their faces become the emblem of the mission launched by the Pope for what the encyclical is called “integral ecology”: “And ‘fundamental – writes Bergoglio – search for comprehensive solutions that take into account interactions of natural systems with each other and with social systems . There are two separate crisis, an environmental and a social, but a single and complex socio-environmental crisis. ” And the teacher Valeria Martano has combined this warning in the context of large cities that “are taking on the face of the city polarized”: “Even urban ecology – he said – is a challenge for us Christians.” “Today the Earth our sister, abused and plundered, complains and her moans are combined with those of all the poor and all the ‘discarded’ in the world, “said Cardinal Turkson, President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and peace, Bergoglio’s own admission, was one of the instigators of the encyclical and which introduced the text to the press stressing a “nature magisterial, pastoral and spiritual, the scope, breadth and depth can not be reduced to the scope of sun environmental policies “. For the first time, to present a papal text was also a representative of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, after Bergoglio emphasized on several occasions that he was inspired in his work to the words Patriarch Bartholomew, mentioned several times in the text: “A sign of hope, but also a common responsibility of Christian Churches for the theme of the protection of creation”, called the director of the Vatican press office, Father Federico Lombardi. John Zizioulas, Metropolitan of Pergamon, praised the “social significance” of the encyclical and called for the establishment of an annual day that unites in prayer for creation Christians of all faiths: “The ecological sin – he said – not only against God but against the near and not only against others of our time but against future generations. We do not ask an ecological asceticism but a realistic attitude that leads to lower fuel consumption. “ To It challenged the position taken by religious representatives on issues of scientific Turkson replied, called into question on the intervention of the US Republican candidates in the primaries: “They said they do not want to hear the Pope? They can do that, there is freedom. But if the objection is that the Pope is not an expert, there is not even that they are scientists. Religion has only the role of encouraging dialogue between faith and religion. ” And the scientific evidence to support the thesis of the Pope were offered by professors John Schellnhuber, founder and director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, and Carolyn Woo, president of Catholic Relief Services and former dean of the Mendoza College of Business, University US Notre Dame. “The Pope’s encyclical prepared personally but not alone,” confirmed Father Lombardi. Another innovation in this sense, has been linked to the synodal telematics wanted by Francesco: the bishops’ conferences around the world – from Japan to Brazil, from New Zealand to Paraguay – arrived by mail contributions that the Pope has evaluated and several cases cited. By mail, a few days after publication, Bergoglio wanted the text to be sent in to preview each of the ordinary bishops from around the world, accompanied by a note that the pontiff had handwritten in various languages and that will appeal to each archbishop calling him “dear brother”. The computerized approach continues then the day output of the encyclical, the accountpontifex that all day was scheduled to invade social networks with a tweet.
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