Transformations

Earth no longer has the capacity, by herself, to meet human demands. She needs a year and a half to replace all that is taken from her in one year. She has become dangerously unsustainable.

Since this December, the Catholic Church is celebrating the Jubilee of Loving Kindness; Opinion Sur decided to reprint two related articles. The first one, written in April 2013, stated that loving kindness (which Francisco strongly stressed) gets stronger with understanding. The second one extracts some paragraphs from the Evangelii Gaudium Encyclical delivered in December of the same year, which is the best answer given by the Pope that we could have imagined. It is worth noting that Francisco does not know Opinion Sur but, miraculously or not, there was a wonderful synchronicity.

When a transforming process has overcome the installation phase, it needs to deepen and institutionalize the changes to ensure their continuation. In this critical phase new circumstances and challenges emerge which, if not carefully considered, might compromise the accomplished transformations.

The productivity of their renewable natural resources gives an advantage to certain developing countries. To be sustainable, they should know how to position themselves in international relations and protect the environment. Purchases of land (land grabbing or hoarding) are evidence on this regard.

We must take care of everything, including ourselves, because we are the closest of our neighbors and, at the same time, the most complex and most undecipherable of all beings.