Argentina will hold the University Conference “May You Be Praised” from September 1st to 4th this year. Pope Francis took this opportunity to publish a video message in Spanish, wishing everyone to increase social awareness and pay more attention to caring for their common home.
(Vatican News Network)Pope Francis published a video message in Spanish on August 24, greeting those members who will attend the Argentine “May You Be Praised” University Conference from September 1st to 4th, wishing “this effort will increase social awareness. And the concept of caring for a common home.” The Pope reiterated that “”May You Be Praised” is not only an environmental encyclical, but also a “social encyclical.” The Pope expressed his hope that this conference “helps to discover its broad scope and all related consequences”, wishes them all the best, and asks God to bless all participants, and once again ask everyone to pray for him.
This is not the first time that Pope Bergerio has emphasized the social value of the encyclical “Bless You”. This encyclical was promulgated on May 24, 2015, the third year of Pope Francis’s pastoral ministry. The fifteenth number of this encyclical has stated: “This encyclical has been integrated into the whole of the church’s social doctrine.” Later, the pope wrote in the same document in number 49: “Today, we have to admit that, Methods that are truly ecologically meaningful are becoming more social. A social method must incorporate justice in the discussion of environmental issues so that it can listen to the voice of the earth and the poor.”
On July 21, 2015, mayors from all over the world came to the Vatican to participate in a conference organized by the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences to exchange views on the subject of modern slavery and climate change. At that time, the Pope said to the mayors attending the meeting: “This culture of caring for the environment is not just an “environmental” attitude. Taking care of the environment means having an attitude of human ecology. In other words, we cannot say that people live Here, the creation and the environment are there. The ecology is comprehensive and closely related to mankind.” The pope pointed out that this is what he aspires to express in the encyclical “May You Be Praised”: Man and creation are inseparable. “Whether it is the environment to mankind or the way mankind treats the environment, all these are interrelated… For this reason, in the face of people’s questions, I replied, “No, this is not an environmental encyclical, but Social encyclical.” Because in society and in human social life, we cannot ignore the issue of caring for the environment. What’s more, caring for the environment is a social attitude that socializes us.”
On October 24 of the following year, the Pope stated to the participants of the 36th Congregation of the Jesuits, “When interpreting the encyclical “May You Be Praised”, one must also consider that it is not an “environmental encyclical”. It is a society. Encyclical. Starting from the current situation, it has ecological significance, but it is a social encyclical. Obviously, it is the poorest and abandoned people who suffer. It is an encyclical to deal with this culture that discards humanity. Everyone has to work harder on the social level of the encyclical, because the theologians who are struggling to see that the ecologically relevant facts have aroused great social repercussions are deeply concerned about this. And this document is very helpful: it should be considered For a social encyclical.”
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