O magistério de Francisco e seu legado para o enfrentamento da crise socioambiental: “No entanto, nenhum deles é esquecido diante de Deus” (Lc 12,6)

Abstract

The current and undeniable socio-environmental crisis is gradually threatening the fragile ecological balance of the planet and causing increasingly severe extreme weather events that ravage and devastate our common home. This article, in light of Lk 12:6, which is part of the pericope of Lk 12:4-7, the only passage cited simultaneously in Laudato Si’, Querida Amazonia, and Laudate Deum, addresses the urgent need to reflect on care for our common home and the necessary and fundamental ecological conversion required for an Integral Ecology, as proposed by Pope Francis. Between 2015 and 2023, a period encompassing the release of the three aforementioned documents, to which another, Fratelli Tutti, may be added, Pope Francis’s magisterium fostered an important dialogue between international politics, science, and the environment, while also addressing the pivotal role of Christianity and its praxis in confronting the current climate crisis. Despite his brief pontificate, Pope Francis has become a prophetic voice for our times and has spared no effort in combating the technocratic paradigm. For this analysis, this article presents the biblical text in its original language and a personal translation, along with textual criticism notes and biblical-theological commentary on the four verses of the pericope from Lk 12:4-7. It then presents some points regarding the historical contexts and structural themes of the documents Laudato Si’, Querida Amazonia, and Laudate Deum. The conclusion supports the propositions formulated by Pope Francis, articulating another possible economic model and his ecclesial vision, with an emphasis on the synodal model.