TABLEOFCONTENTS
LAUDATOSI’,MI’SIGNORE [1-2]
Nothing in thisworld is indifferent tous [3-6]
United by the same concern [7-9]
Saint Francis ofAssisi [10-12]
Myappeal [13-16]
CHAPTERONE
WHAT ISHAPPENINGTOOURCOMMONHOME [17-61]
I.
POLLUTIONANDCLIMATECHANGE [20-26]
Pollution,waste and the throwaway culture [20-22]
Climate as a common good [23-26]
II.
THE ISSUEOFWATER [27-31]
III.
LOSSOFBIODIVERSITY [32-42]
IV.
DECLINE INTHEQUALITYOFHUMANLIFE
ANDTHEBREAKDOWNOFSOCIETY [43-47]
V.
GLOBAL INEQUALITY [48-52]
VI.
WEAKRESPONSES [53-59]
VII. AVARIETYOFOPINIONS [60-61]
CHAPTERTWO
THEGOSPELOFCREATION [62-100]
I.
THELIGHTOFFEREDBYFAITH [63-64]
II.
THEWISDOMOFTHEBIBLICALACCOUNTS [65-75]
III.
THEMYSTERYOFTHEUNIVERSE [76-83]
IV.
THEMESSAGEOFEACHCREATURE
INTHEHARMONYOFCREATION [84-88]
V.
AUNIVERSALCOMMUNION [89-92]
VI.
THECOMMONDESTINATIONOFGOODS [93-95]
VII. THEGAZEOF JESUS [96-100]
CHAPTERTHREE
THEHUMANROOTSOFTHEECOLOGICALCRISIS [101-136]
