Pope Francis has written a letter addressed to every person on the planet, asking us all to protect the earth. Will you play your part to protect our common home?

What is Laudato Si' and what does it say?

Laudato Si’ is an encyclical written by Pope Francis, it was published on the 18 June 2015. Encyclicals are open letters written by the pope.

Laudato Si’ discusses the damage being inflicted on the Earth by humans and calls on ‘every person living on this planet’ to make urgent changes to our lifestyles and how we consume energy in order to protect the planet.

It deals with many environmental issues including:

• pollution

• climate change

• water

• loss of biodiversity

• decline in the quality of human life.

In his letter Pope Francis implores us to work together to create a better world for future generations and asks us to make the necessary changes in our lives in order to take care of, respect and value our ‘common home’.

At Holy Cross we have our Ladauto Si Eco Council who work hard to raise awareness of the message of Pope Francis so that we do everything we can in our school community to protect the environment and our planet

Our Eco Council have been encouraging pupils to enter our calendar competition with the theme of protecting our planet.