{"id":15837,"date":"2019-03-29T22:45:20","date_gmt":"2019-03-30T05:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=15837"},"modified":"2019-03-29T22:45:20","modified_gmt":"2019-03-30T05:45:20","slug":"pope-francis-issues-call-for-action-on-sustainable-development-at-rome-conference-of-experts-and-activists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=15837","title":{"rendered":"Pope Francis Issues Call for Action on Sustainable Development at Rome Conference of Experts and Activists"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Thursday, March 28, 2019 – 10:00am<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Pope Francis Issues Call for Action on Sustainable Development at Rome Conference of Experts and Activists<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Global faith leaders can directly and indirectly affect significant changes in our global society.\u00a0 One leader with high visibility and strong opinions on important societal issues is the Holy Father in Rome, Pope Francis.\u00a0 The Roman Catholic Church as a collective institution is one of the largest owners and holders of assets in the world, including pension systems of various orders, Catholic charities, healthcare systems, and more.<\/p>\n

The Roman Catholic Church\u2019s policy is guided by important encyclicals issued by the Pope in the Vatican City.\u00a0 For example, the contents of the historic 1891 encyclical issued by Pope Leo XIII on capital and labor and the rights of both (and concerns about the Industrial Age working class) continues to reverberate even today in discussions about corporate-labor and public sector-labor issues (this was \u201cRerum Novarum\u201d).<\/p>\n

Amidst the rising discussion worldwide about climate change and the need for action, Pope Francis issued \u201cLaudato Si\u201d (Our Home) in May 2015.\u00a0 This is a powerful work addressing environmental and ecology issues, especially including the need for action on climate change. This work called on the world society \u2013 and especially the institutions of the R.C. church \u2013 to address the urgent threats posed by climate change.\u00a0 (The subtitle was \u201cOn care for our common home\u201d.)<\/p>\n

As part of the public dialogue, Pope Francis addressed the joint houses of the U.S. Congress in May 2015 and received 37 standing ovations as he addressed climate change, common needs, risk to our common home (the Earth), the responsibility of richer nations, and other societal challenges.<\/p>\n

The discussion continues:\u00a0 the Roman Catholic Church convened a three-day conference earlier this month in Rome to bring together experts and activists in human development, the environment and healthcare.<\/p>\n

To \u2013 as Pope Francis explained \u2013\u00a0explore new paths of constructive development\u00a0<\/em>\u2026 development having been \u201c\u2026almost entirely limited to economic growth\u2026 [which] is leading the world down a dangerous path where progress is assessed only in terms of economic growth.\u201d<\/p>\n

The title of the conference:\u00a0 \u201cReligions and the Sustainable Development Goals:\u00a0 Listening to the Cry of the Earth and of the Poor\u201d. The theme:\u00a0\u00a0\u201cWithout a change of attitude that focuses on the well-being of the planet and its inhabitants, efforts to achieve the SDGs will not be sufficient for a fair and reasonable world order.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Said the Holy Father, leader of the world\u2019s 1.2 billion Roman Catholics:\u00a0 \u201cNo branch of science or form of wisdom should be overlooked, and this includes religions and the languages particular to them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Our Top Story is the news report of the Catholic News Service out of Rome with background on the conference and related information.<\/p>\n

Background on the historic significance of\u00a0Laudato Si<\/em>\u00a0(Our Home), Pope Francis\u2019s encyclical is in the \u201cTrends Converging! \u2013 A Look Ahead of the Curve\u201d essays by G&A Chair Hank Boerner,\u00a0available (chapter 44) online<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is just the introduction of G&A’s Sustainability Highlights newsletter this week.\u00a0Click here to view full issue.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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