The Vatican has published a document focused on caring for creation and for human life within the family, titled Integral Ecology in the Life of the Family. Source: Vatican News.
Released on Monday, the text is intended to be a response to the appeals of Pope Francis and Pope Leo XIV to listen to the cry of the poor and of the Earth and offer a practical response, according to a press release presenting the initiative.
The document draws from the principles of the post-synodal exhortation Amoris Laetitia and the teachings of the encyclical Laudato Si’.
The text is the result of the joint efforts of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development and the Dicastery for Laity, Family, and Life, and was developed with the involvement of theologians, consultants, and married couples.
“Family values are the fruitful soil from which all of society grows. In order to care properly for our common home and for all people, families must be the model,” wrote the prefects of the two dicasteries, Cardinal Michael Czerny and Cardinal Kevin Farrell.
“Many families are attentive in caring for our common home and caring for others, their minds set on the hope that is Jesus Christ. The values of the family are consistent and fundamental to the care of our common home and of our neighbours,” they wrote.
“What are the values of the family? Members of the family learn selflessness, patience and dedication, openness and protection of life, so that they can flourish, complementarity and reciprocity, intergenerational connections and solidarity with other families, and the transmission of knowledge and traditions.”
The document offers guidelines for families, Church groups and individuals to help them address current environmental challenges and promote the integral development of every person.
Integral Ecology in the Life of the Family is available for free in five languages on the official websites of both dicasteries.
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Vatican releases document on integral ecology within the family (Vatican News)
