All Creation Is Connected

Why care about the environment?


It's a question people are asking and answering with greater frequency-and urgency-than ever before. And although many Americans remain ambivalent about our responsibility toward the earth, Pope Francis is clear: we must care about the environment, because all creation is connected.


All Creation Is Connected: Voices in Response to Pope Francis's Encyclical on Ecology is a collection of essays by leading Catholic thinkers that both supplements and unpacks the encyclical, Laudato si': On Care for Our Common Home. Exploring a range of topics-from the background and reception of the encyclical to the key concepts that frame and animate it-All Creation Is Connected offers compelling reflections on the question "why care about the environment?" that will catalyze conversation and spur necessary action for years to come.


Daniel R. DiLeo is an Assistant Professor and the Director of the Justice and Peace Studies Program at Creighton University in Omaha.