Vatican City, 25 January 2014: Pope Francis has begun work on a draft text on the
topic of ecology, which could become an encyclical, confirmed Father Federico Lombardi,
S.J., the Director of the Holy See Press Office, on Friday. Father Lombardi also said
that the project is in an early stage, and therefore it is too early to make any prediction
about the timing of possible publication.
Elaborating on the possible encyclical
Father Lombardi said that it is important to note that Pope Francis intends to put
particular emphasis on the theme of “human ecology,” a phrase used by Pope Benedict
to describe not only how people must defend and respect nature but how the nature
of the person as created by God must also be defended. Source: VR Sedoc