From November 9 to 20, COP26, the global conference at which each country will have to present its commitments to reducing emissions and resolving the climate crisis, will be held in Glasgow. 
We all have a great responsibility, but also a great opportunity: to change history. For this reason, today “Fridays for Future” is being observed around the world, a day of events and strikes to draw world leaders’ attention to the climate and ecological crisis.

The Church, too, has never been indifferent to issues concerning the protection of creation; in particular, Pope Francis has urged the faithful throughout the world to respect and care for nature. 
On May 24, 2015, his “Green Encyclical”, “Laudato si’”, was published, concerning care for what he defines as our common home, namely creation.
The title could not be more fitting: «Laudato si’» are the first words of Saint Francis’s Canticle of the Creatures, which our beloved Pope chose «as a guide and inspiration» at the time of his election.

The Poor Man of Assisi - says the Holy Father - is in fact the quintessential example «of an integral ecology, lived with joy and authenticity», a way of life that we must not only aspire to, but that we have a duty to put into practice every day through our choices.
The earth is a gift, «it precedes us and has been given to us», and those who do not care for it, or worse, exploit it unscrupulously, commit a grave sin. 

In the Encyclical, the theme of ecology is explored in all its fullness: Pope Francis devotes a large part of the Letter to describing the gravity of the current situation very objectively, analyzing its causes in depth and considering all the possible consequences. 
After the dramatic tones of the first part, the Encyclical then opens up to hope: the Pope proposes some guidelines for action, so that politics and the economy may find common ground and build a fruitful and constructive dialogue.
Hoping for an integral ecological conversion that involves both national and local policies and each one of us - because we are all responsible for our common home - Pope Francis concludes the Encyclical with two prayers, one for the earth and one with creation, of which we are a part, so that, as creatures, we may contemplate the Lord «in the beauty of the universe».