Encyclical Summary (Australian Catholic Bishops Conference)

(Source: Australian Catholic Bishops Conference) Microsoft Word - 8 - Summary for Bishops - EN LAUDATO SI' A SUMMARY These pages follow Laudato si' step by step and help give an initial idea of its overall content. The numbers in parentheses refer to the paragraphs in the Encyclical. The last two pages are the Table of Contents. The Encyclical takes its name from the invocation of Saint Francis of Assisi, "Praise be to you, my Lord" which in the Canticle of the Creatures reminds 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" (1). We ourselves "are dust of the earth (cf. Gen 2:7); our very bodies are...