Olhares de cuidado com a casa comum e os seres que nela habitam: Leonardo Boff e Papa Francisco

Abstract

The purpose of this thesis is mainly to address the way in which care for nature and the beings that inhabit it is seen and experienced by the Catholic Church. To this end, it will bring as theoretical support: excerpts from the Bible, excerpts from the Catechism of the Catholic Church, aspects of the unique figure of Francis of Assisi, as well as official documents of the Catholic Church, published by Pope Francis (two encyclicals and two exhortations), in addition to the Leonardo Boff's theoretical framework on the subject. These texts justify the need for a perception of care for the Earth. Their children scream for help, in the climate, economic and humanitarian crises and the planet is exhausted in its sources and needs to be helped, as human beings have a large portion, devoid of the basics to survive with dignity. This study seeks, therefore, not only to present an explanatory and systematic content of analysis, but also to put the “finger in the wound” and call for awareness and responsibility for everything that happens to the “Common Home” and to everyone who they live there.