Fr Dominic Robinson SJ reflects on Laudate Deum

Source: Jesuits in Britain

Fr Dominic Robinson, SJ, Vice Chair of the Society for Ecumenical Studies writes:

Pope Francis has released Laudate Deum, 'Praise God', to 'clarify and complete' what he started in 2015 with his letter Laudato si on how we care for our common home. This is not just a papal document for Catholics but a heartfelt letter with an urgent message addressed to all people of good will, of whatever Christian denomination, of whatever faith or none. The letter was released on the Feast of St Francis of Assisi, the great medieval reformer whose spirituality saw our relationship with God in the simplicity and poverty of our harmony with the wider creation. This return to seeing ourselves in our nothingness in a vast universe with all its intricate connections seems to be at the heart of Pope Francis' call to us today who have been contaminated by industrialisation, scientific progress, and the exaltation of the autonomy of the self.

Read the rest of Fr Dominic's article on the Churches Together in England website HERE

Fr Dominic Robinson, SJ, is Vice Chair of the Society for Ecumenical Studies and member of the Department of Dialogue and Unity Catholic Bishops' Conference of England & Wales, Parish Priest at Farm Street Church, London, Lecturer in Theology at St Mary's University, and Chair, Justice & Peace Commission, Diocese of Westminster.