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Academic Year "How are We to Live in Our Common Home? Reflections on Laudato Si, Pope Francis' Encyclical on select an academic year Ecology" Month November Monday, November 02, 2015 7:00PM - 8:00PM Submit Mershon Auditorium 1871 N. High St. View the full recording of the event: How We Live in Our Common Home, Reflections of Pope Francis' Encyclical on Ecology.
To read Pope Francis' full encyclical, please click here.
See more connections between the US and Ghana here.
See the storify: Cardinal Peter Turkson's visit to Ohio State
Cardinal Turkson's visit published in Ohio State's Origins Journal here.
Tickets for this event will be available through Mershon Auditorium.
Cardinal Peter Turkson, president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace and the first cardinal from Ghana, will visit Ohio State’s Columbus campus for a community discussion on global sustainability. As one of the primary contributors to Pope Francis' environment encyclical, Praise Be to You (Laudato Si'): On Care for our Common Home, Turkson will contribute to the worldwide dialog on the relation of humans to the natural world that has been sparked by the pope's encyclical.
Respected around the world as a scriptural scholar, an advocate for the poor and disenfranchised in the developing world, and as a spokesperson for protecting the environment as a matter of social justice, Turkson has long made news with his comments that link ecology and human life. In 2013, he was highly expected to be named to succeed Pope Benedict XVI.
Turkson has become the face of climate change at the Vatican, having led the drafting process of Pope Francis’ encyclical on the environment, presented at the Vatican conference on climate Cardinal Peter Turkson change on April 28, and introduced the encyclical during a June 18 news conference. President Pontifical Council for The purpose of Encyclical Letter Laudato Si, as the document is entitled, is to elevate the debate Justice and Peace on the moral dimensions of protecting the environment and to highlight the intrinsic connection between respect for the environment and respect for people. The encyclical calls for renewed and urgent action and honest dialogue about our environment, both social and ecological.
Turkson's visit to Ohio State is part of a four-day stay in Columbus. In addition to speaking to students, faculty and the central Ohio community on November 2, the Cardinal will also address the faith community during a conference organized by the Diocese of Columbus on October 31, and hold Mass with the local Ghanaian community on November 1.
Ohio State strives to educate its students to become global citizens, and recognizes its ongoing and evolving need to contribute to progress in the creation, dissemination and assimilation of knowledge of economic, environmental and social sustainability as essential aspects of intellectual growth and development. Cardinal Turkson’s visit will deepen the university conversation about sustainability, morality, politics and society, by raising awareness and understanding of this important statement of Catholic environmental teaching that has become a topic of conversations worldwide.
Turkson's visit to Ohio State is sponsored by the College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, School of Environment and Natural Resources, Conversations on Morality, Politics and Society (COMPAS) program of the Ohio State Center for Ethics and Human Values, Office of Energy and Environment, Humanities Institute, St. Thomas More Newman Center, Glenn College of Public Affairs, Mershon Center for International Security Studies, and additional partners and student organizations.
For information on connections between Ohio State and Ghana, read more here.
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