O CONCEITO DE SUSTENTABILIDADE NA MISSÃO DA IGREJA CATÓLICA

Abstract

The search for sustainable development has always been the target of clashes in the model assumed by today's society. In this sense, it is assumed that the Catholic Church can contribute decisively to this discussion, since, as an institution with more than 2000 years of existence, it has a legacy of socio-environmental teachings that permeate its missionary action in the world. In 2015, Pope Francis strategically published, shortly before COP 21, the social Encyclical Laudato Si, on care for our common home. The document consolidates the principles of the Church's social doctrine, brings the paradigm of integral ecology and proposes the participatory methodology of Laudato Si circles, for the implementation of actions within the local sphere. In this article, the objective was to contribute to a deeper understanding of the sustainability guidelines and practices addressed in the encyclical Laudato Si and, with that, to offer five proposals for local solutions to socio-environmental issues that compromise life and ecosystems as a whole. For this, a bibliographical and exploratory research was carried out, from which it was observed convergence between the social principles consolidated in Laudato Si and sustainable practices, the central proposal of the 2030 Agenda.