{"id":72181,"date":"2025-03-18T10:46:07","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T09:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mdipime.org\/?p=72181"},"modified":"2025-03-13T22:49:55","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T21:49:55","slug":"ecological-conversion-the-invitation-of-the-campaign-of-fraternity-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdipime.org\/en\/missionary-life\/ecological-conversion-the-invitation-of-the-campaign-of-fraternity-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Ecological Conversion: The Invitation of the Campaign of Fraternity 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

Like every year, the Church in Brazil proposes to the faithful a theme to experience the dimension of charity and their commitment to the transformation of society. The Campaign of Fraternit<\/a>y this year has the theme: Fraternity and integral ecology<\/strong>. The theme was chosen for a number of reasons. The urgency to reflect on climate change and its consequences on the life of humanity, COP 30<\/a>, which will be held in Bel\u00e9m to reflect on climate change, the 10th anniversary of Laudato Sii<\/em><\/a> (Pope Francis’ encyclical) and the celebration of 800 years of Canticle of<\/a> creatures of Saint Francis of Assisi.<\/p>\n

For us, here in Manaus, in the heart of the Amazon, the topic is not new. There are various Catholic and non-Catholic groups and organizations that debate, reflect and study nature, rivers, the rich biodiversity, climate phenomena and are concerned about the destruction of the forest and water pollution, the increasingly frequent environmental catastrophes.<\/p>\n

What is new for us is to connect this theme to our life of faith. Called to collaborate in building the Kingdom of God, we must embrace with greater conviction this mission entrusted by God to humanity: to cultivate and protect our \u201ccommon home\u201d. This is an invitation that Pope Francis has been repeating for several years. He did it by writing the encyclical Laudato Sii<\/em> in 2015, convoking a Synod for Amazonia<\/a> and writing the document \u201cQuerida Amazonia<\/a><\/em>\u201d in 2020, offering the encyclical \u201cLaudate Deum<\/em><\/a>\u201d in 2023.<\/p>\n

With this campaign of fraternity, we feel particularly invited, as a local Church, to change our gaze, to learn again to contemplate the beauty of Creation, to see it not only as a market object, a possibility of profit, an inexhaustible source of natural wealth that can be exploited endlessly. We feel we must set a limit and change direction and habits for the good of all. The Amazon, the lungs of the world and the largest basin of drinking water, must be protected. We want the disturbing question of the documentary \u201cLa lettera<\/a>\u201d (inspired by Laudato Sii) to shake us once again with the question \u201cwhat will we leave to future generations\u201d?<\/p>\n

To raise public awareness, we held a press conference with the Cardinal, one of the auxiliary bishops and ourselves from the archdiocesan pastoral coordination team.<\/p>\n\n\t\t