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2020 | 18 | 1 | 55-60

Article title

Church’s Response to the Ecological Crisis in a Small Country – the Case of the Roman Catholic Church in Latvia

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PL
Odpowiedź Kościoła na kryzys ekologiczny w małym państwie. Przypadek Kościoła katolickiego na Łotwie

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Abstracts

EN
Due to historical and contextual factors explained in this article, the Latvian Roman Catholic Church currently does not play any significant role in environmental protection or ecological crisis awareness building in the country. However, being called by Pope Francis in his encyclical Laudato si’, recently more of the reflection was given to the call for ecological conversion. Considering Church resources based on publicly available data, the authors describe the limitations and opportunities to strengthen the Church current response to the ecological crisis.
PL
Czynniki historyczne i kontekstowe zaprezentowane w tym artykule potwierdzają, że Kościół rzymskokatolicki na Łotwie nie odgrywa znaczącej roli w ochronie środowiska ani w budowaniu świadomości ekologicznej w tym kraju. Jednak wezwany przez papieża Franciszka w encyklice Laudato si’, poświęca obecnie więcej refleksji kwestii nawrócenia ekologicznego. Biorąc pod uwagę publicznie dostępne dane na temat zasobów Kościoła katolickiego na Łotwie autorzy opisują ograniczenia i możliwości wzmocnienia reakcji Kościoła na kryzys ekologiczny.

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Volume

18

Issue

1

Pages

55-60

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Dates

published
2020-03-30

Contributors

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Publication order reference

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