--- title: "Laudato si' — Francis" description: "Laudato si' — Encyclical by Pope Francis (2015). A A A PDF generation in progress..... AR  - BE  - DE  - EN  - ES  - FR  - IT  - JA  - LA  - LV  - PL  - P…" canonical: "https://publica.now/creators/francis/works/laudato-si" --- Literary # Laudato si' [ ![Francis](https://fls-a13cb2d7-1b3e-4883-a0bd-297afd110a11.367be3a2035528943240074d0096e0cd.r2.cloudflarestorage.com/creators/01ksht0gvbrdny294j439cfnpp/avatars/avatar.png?X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=d29ce3bb571c165c97a702f29f7aee93%2F20260904%2Fauto%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20260904T141748Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Signature=0a644198236e8e5d6f077debba844ad8ddbcc89180eaa2babb2232b72d047f00) Francis ](https://publica.now/creators/francis) Follow Pope Francis (Jorge Mario Bergoglio, born 1936) served as head of the Catholic Church from 2013 to 2025. The first Jesuit pope and the first from the Americas, he focused on mercy, social justice, and... Free [ Sign in to read now ](https://publica.now/access?redirect=%2Fcreators%2Ffrancis%2Fworks%2Flaudato-si) Share Link copied Format epub Published May 24, 2015 Rating No reviews yet ![Laudato si'](https://fls-a13cb2d7-1b3e-4883-a0bd-297afd110a11.367be3a2035528943240074d0096e0cd.r2.cloudflarestorage.com/works/01ksht0hwkcgmvamyz17dd4pfg/cover.png?X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=d29ce3bb571c165c97a702f29f7aee93%2F20260904%2Fauto%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20260904T141749Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Signature=1bf4d071c41e0b4a0f56de73e82085e33266a8d35ee4986eef830b9c15ccd767) ## About this work Laudato si' — Encyclical by Pope Francis (2015). A A A PDF generation in progress..... AR - BE - DE - EN - ES - FR - IT - JA - LA - LV - PL - PT - RU - SL - UK - ZH\_CN - ZH\_TW ENCYCLICAL LETTER LAUDATO SI’ OF THE HOLY FATHER FRANCIS ON CARE FOR OUR COMMON HOME 1. “LAUDATO SI’,… Sample ## Take a look inside A A A PDF generation in progress..... AR - BE - DE - EN - ES - FR - IT - JA - LA - LV - PL - PT - RU - SL - UK - ZH\_CN - ZH\_TW ENCYCLICAL LETTER LAUDATO SI’ OF THE HOLY FATHER FRANCIS ON CARE FOR OUR COMMON HOME 1. “LAUDATO SI’, mi’ Signore” – “Praise be to you, my Lord”. In the words of this beautiful canticle, Saint Francis of Assisi reminds us that our common home is like a sister with whom we share our life and a beautiful mother who opens her arms to embrace us. “Praise be to you, my Lord, through our Sister, Mother Earth, who sustains and governs us, and who produces various fruit with coloured flowers and herbs”.\[1\] 2. This sister now cries out to us because of the harm we have inflicted on her by our irresponsible use and abuse of the goods with which God has endowed her. We have come to see ourselves as her lords and masters, entitled to plunder her at will. The violence present in our hearts, wounded by sin, is also reflected in the symptoms of sickness evident in the soil, in the water, in the air and in all forms of life. This is why the earth herself, burdened and laid waste, is among the most abandoned and maltreated of our poor; she “groans in travail” (Rom 8:22). We have forgotten that we ourselves are dust of the earth (cf. Gen 2:7); our very bodies are made up of her elements, we breathe her air and we receive life and refreshment from her waters. Nothing in this world is indifferent to us 3. 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