Pontifical Universities offer online course on Integral Ecology
Church-run Universities in Rome have launched an online diploma in integral ecology, aiming to respond to "the unprecedented challenge facing the planet." This is a key concept for Pope Francis, stressing the interconnectedness of environmental, economic, political, social, and ethical issues.
The course will run from January to June 2024, and be taught by an international group of prominent academics, leaders and activists. It is a response to "the unprecedented challenge facing the planet."
In 2015, Pope Francis highlighted the issue in Laudato si, but he highlights in his more recent Exhortation Laudate Deum, "our responses have not been adequate", and "the world in which we live is collapsing and may be nearing breaking point." He calls for more serious action from Catholics and others.
The course will consist of six modules of 90 minutes each, to be held from January to June 2024, on every third Thursday of the month from 13.30 to 15.00 Rome time - the UK is one hour earlier - so 12.30pm start. There will also be a workshop in March and an international on-line conference on Laudate Deum in May.
The course will be officially inaugurated on Thursday 25 January, but admissions will remain open up to 31 March 2024.
Pontifical universities in Rome have come together to launch a new Joint Diploma in Integral Ecology. The online course supports the work of Pope Francis on Creation Care and offers the opportunity to engage with leading Catholics in the field of Creation Care.
Fr P Joshtrom Isaac Kureethadam SDB, who works on ecology in the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development and is Chair of Philosophy of Science at the Salesian Pontifical University in Rome, is hoping for a takeup from the UK audience. He has twice been an online speaker at annual conference of the National Justice and Peace Network which focused on Laudato Si theme.
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