The Laudato opens with St Francis’s prayer, “Praise be to you my Lord, through our sister, Mother Earth, who sustains and governs us, and who produces various fruits with coloured flowers and herbs.” It resonates with the Indian philosophy of Vasudhaiv Kutumkan, with the contemporary movement for the Rights of Mother Earth, with cultures and faiths across the world.

By Pando Populus / June 22, 2015

The vision we as Whiteheadians want to promote is of the world as “a communion of subjects rather than a collection of objects.” The phrase comes from Thomas Berry, who gained his vision from Teilhard de Chardin.

By Pando Populus / January 9, 2015