Pope Francis: Second Laudato si’ to be published on 4th October
The Pope recalled that this day marks the beginning of the Season of Creation that will last until 4th October, the feast of St. Francis of Assisi.
As he had announced on 21st August when he received a delegation of lawyers from member countries of the Council of Europe, the Pope revealed that the second part of his encyclical Laudato si’ will be published on 4th October.
“On that date, I plan on publishing an exhortation, a second Laudato si’,” the Pope said.
“Let us join our Christian brothers and sisters in the commitment to care for creation as a sacred gift from the Creator.”
The Pope’s remarks on Wednesday summarised the core of his Message for the World Day, which was made public in May: “It is necessary to stand with the victims of environmental and climate injustice, striving to end the senseless war on our common home which is a terrible world war. I urge all of you to work and pray for it to abound with life once again.”
In the Message, the Pope says we must no longer consider creation as an object to be exploited, but as a reality to be safeguarded “as a sacred gift from our Creator.”
The Pope’s message for the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation insisted on the need to “transform the public policies that govern our societies and shape the lives of young people today and tomorrow.”
Pope Francis also emphasised the importance of synodality and expressed his hopes that “in this Season of Creation, as followers of Christ on our shared synodal journey, we may live, work, and pray so that our common home will teem with life once again.”
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