The third and last day of the Raising Hope conference was developed with new presentations, moments of reflection, prayer, music and a key moment: the contributions of the participants and the commitments assumed, as a key axes to take action around climate justice.
On the Raisinghope.earth/es/accion/ website, the conference participants, both face -to -face and virtual, have been invited to make their contributions: How will you respond to the shout of the earth and the shout of the poor?. Is Contributions determined by the people (PDC, for its acronym in English), are a bold global civil society initiative to present the commitments of people and grassroots communities towards ecological transformation
Raising Hope’s water will arrive at COP
The moving opening that Pope Leo XIV starred last Wednesday, by blessing a piece of Greenland glacier, had its culminating moment this afternoon when, the participants collected the water, the result of the melted ice, to take homes and communities.
Dr. Lorna Gold, Executive Director of the Laudato Movement SI, ‘said emotion: “An ice block blessed by the Pope has viralized these days.” “Now, this blessed water will become very powerful, because it will reach Cop30, in Brazil”he said.
Each of the participants could take, in a bowl, a little blessed water, a part from glacial ice, mixed with the water of the rivers of the world that at the beginning of the conference was offered by various representatives. This was not only a gift but an urgency sign that demands the climate crisis, at the same time, marked by the hope that the papal blessing prints.
Turn to the heart and raise your voice
Another of the key moments of the closing of the event occurred when Dr. Lorna Gold put in common some of the commitments assumed by the participants. Among the most remarkable was the power of collaboration and the importance of alliances; And the commitment to return to the heart and promote the Laudato animators program if ‘, which develops the MLS.
He also spoke of the importance of implementation: “We cannot wait for others to do it. We have to implement the changes that are in our hands,” Dr. Lorna said. And he encouraged to raise his voice together in Belem, Brazil (next COP), while a new alliance for the non -proliferation of fossil fuels will be made.
In thanksgiving for the 10 years of the MLS
An emotional moment occurred by giving thanks for the ten years of the history of the Laudato Movement SI
“The most extraordinary thing our movement has is joy”he said, and encouraged “Take this joy to Cop”remembering Pope Francis when he called “Sing along the way”why “Our concern should not take away joy or hope”he added.
For his part, Yeb Saño, president of the Board of Directors of the Laudato Movement, “All these reasons push us out of bed every morning”. “We have a lot of work ahead but Pope León is on our side. It’s not about advancing running, but all together.”
Laudato yes’, for brave communities
At the beginning of the morning, the participation of Kumi Naidoo, president of the Fossil Fuel Proliferation Treaty, which was defined as a “Prisoner awaitsza ”, affirming that we must take care of our environment because “There is no work or human beings on a dead planet”.
“Catholic communities, through laudato yes, ‘have demonstrated courage”Naidoo said, so he encouraged that, with wisdom and faith, he can discuss and act urgently. “Hope is not love, hope is resilience, hope is a mission”he said with those present.
The resilience of peoples
The following panel, entitled “Faith and mission shared by a resilient planet”, Was moderated by Josianne Gauthier, general secretary of International Cooperation for Development and Solidarity (CIDSE). Among the main issues, there was talk of financing for underdeveloped countries, and resilience as a engine to get ahead.
Dr. Main “Get from vulnerability to force”after suffering multiple climatic catastrophes. He also pointed out the importance of spirituality to build a resilient future.
Also Dr. Svitlana Romanko, founder and director of Razom We StandHe talked about his country, Ukraine, and how the use of fossil fuels as a result of the war has deteriorated a people. He mentioned that resilience today keeps them standing, along with initiatives such as renewable energies and green economies, because living in clean energy is possible.
For his part, Mons. Robert Vitillo, of the Dicasterio for the Service of Integral Human Development and the Action Platform Laudato Si ‘, provided his contribution from the Gospel: “We are taught about solidarity and we have to change the perspective to involve actions in our commitment.”
Listen to peripheries
In the afternoon the last panel was made up of Bianca Pitt, founder of the Women’s Network of the Environment and co -founder of She Changes Climate, as a moderator, and revolved around what the heart tells us about what we have lived these days.
Catherine Coleman Flowers, MacArthur fellow for the defense of environmental health, a member of the Board of Directors of the Council for the Defense of Natural Resources, contributed from her perspective as the people of the peripheries is the one that most suffers the most who is heard.
In his time, Bishop Ricardo Hoepers, general secretary of the National Conference of Bishops of Brazil, spoke of the diversity of his country and how it is necessary to leave each of his place to expand our horizons: “My dream for Brazil is to join Laudato if ‘and Fratelli Tuti; and that nature and human beings have the same importance: nature is the space that God has given us to live as brothers.”
And Margaret Karram, president of the Focolar Movement, said: «I am convinced that the only way to achieve a lasting change is to adopt love as the governing principle of our ecological action. In Laudato yes’, the word love appears seventy times! A powerful indication of a path through which each and every one of us are invited to walk. An invitation to go a path from an authentic human fraternity – as we have experienced these days – towards a cosmic fraternity. .»
Before concluding, the participants had a prayer and final reflection session, headed by Trocire members. After presenting a video summary of everything lived, those present were invited to bring to memory the most outstanding moments in the past three days and solemnly compromise in the continuity of the road, advocating the common house.
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