Pope Francis's Encyclical ‘Laudato si’ (May
You be praised) or ‘On care for our common
home’
A little more than half-way through Pope
Francis's Encyclical ‘Laudato si’ (May You be praised), or ‘On
care for our common home’, I am struck by the deep wisdom of
the Holy Father's words, this despite the suspicion I tend to harbour about
religion, prelates, etc.
One of my favourite quotes so far (I am at paragraph 53) is the following,
which has to do with contemporary ‘tools of mass confusion’ [my coinage,
not the Pope's]:
47.
True wisdom, as the fruit of self-examination, dialogue and generous
encounter between persons, is not acquired by a mere accumulation of
data which eventually leads to overload and confusion, a sort of
mental pollution.
[...]
Today’s media do enable us to communicate and to share our knowledge
and affections. Yet at times they also shield us from direct contact
with the pain, the fears and the joys of others and the complexity of
their personal experiences. [...]
More on this truly courageous stance on the part of the Pope this
evening or tomorrow as I have to see to other duties right now.
Lausanne,
19th June 2015
