“What kind of world do we want to leave to those who come after us, to
children who are now growing up?” (#160)
Pope Francis asks this in his encyclical addressed to “every person living
on this planet” and invites u
s to
enter into a dialogue about our common
home.
The letter takes its name from the opening of the
Canticle of the Crea-
tures
by St. Francis of Assisi,
Laudato Si’
or
Praise be,
to remind us that the
earth, our common home “is like a sister with whom we share our life and
a beautiful mother who opens her arms to embrace us.”