Living Laudato Si'

Living Laudato Si' Laudato Si' as a way of life, sustainability is the future. We are inspired by Pope Francis’s second encyclical Laudato Si’: On Care for Our Common Home.
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Living Laudato Si’ Philippines (LLS) started as an interfaith movement initiated by Catholic lay people calling on Philippine financial institutions to divest from coal-related operations and other environmentally harmful activities. The workforce of LLS is composed of 75% Filipino youth. The organization was formally launched on November 7, 2018, at the Manila Cathedral on the eve of the fifth an

niversary of super typhoon Yolanda’s landfall in the Philippines. It aims to empower citizens to adopt lifestyles and attitudes that live up to the urgent need to care for our common home. It acts towards promoting sustainable development and stopping the climate crisis and degradation through collective action among people from different sectors.

27/05/2026

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🌍💚 11 YEARS OF LAUDATO SI’ 💚🌍Today, we celebrate the 11th anniversary of Laudato Si’ — Pope Francis’ historic call to ca...
23/05/2026

🌍💚 11 YEARS OF LAUDATO SI’ 💚🌍

Today, we celebrate the 11th anniversary of Laudato Si’ — Pope Francis’ historic call to care for our common home. 🌿

More than an encyclical, Laudato Si’ became a global movement of faith, justice, ecology, and hope.
It reminded the world that the cry of the Earth and the cry of the poor are one. 🌏✊

Eleven years later, the climate crisis is deeper.
Biodiversity loss is accelerating.
Communities continue to suffer from environmental destruction and injustice.

But Laudato Si’ still calls us beyond despair —
from awareness to action,
from indifference to solidarity,
from hope to transformation. 💚

“Living our vocation to be protectors of God’s handiwork is essential to a life of virtue.”
— Pope Francis, Laudato Si’ (§217)

May this Laudato Si’ Week renew our commitment to ecological conversion, climate justice, and care for all creation. 🌱






On Pentecost, the Risen Christ appears to His disciples and says: “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I se...
23/05/2026

On Pentecost, the Risen Christ appears to His disciples and says: “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you” (Jn 20:21). Then He breathes on them and says: “Receive the Holy Spirit” (Jn 20:22). The breath of the Spirit recalls the breath of life at creation itself—God renewing and sending forth life into the world.

Pentecost is not only the birth of the Church; it is also a reminder that the Holy Spirit continues to renew the face of the earth. In a world wounded by conflict, injustice, and ecological destruction, the Spirit calls us to become instruments of peace, healing, and reconciliation.

As Pope Francis reminds us in Laudato Si’:

“The Spirit of life dwells in every living creature and calls us to enter into relationship with him.” (LS, 88)

The Holy Spirit invites us to recognize that creation is not merely an object to use, but a sacred gift filled with God’s presence. To receive the Spirit is also to receive the mission of caring for life in all its forms.

This and Pentecost, may the Spirit renew our hearts and our common home. May we become people of peace, courage, and compassion—bringing healing to communities, justice to the vulnerable, and care to creation.

🌏🔥✝️

🐢🌏 WORLD TURTLE DAY 💚Slow doesn’t mean weak.Turtles have survived for millions of years —but plastic pollution, habitat ...
23/05/2026

🐢🌏 WORLD TURTLE DAY 💚

Slow doesn’t mean weak.
Turtles have survived for millions of years —
but plastic pollution, habitat destruction, climate change, and destructive human activities now threaten their survival. 🌊💔

Protecting turtles means protecting oceans, rivers, wetlands, and the balance of life itself. 🌿

“Living our vocation to be protectors of God’s handiwork is essential to a life of virtue.”
— Pope Francis, Laudato Si’ (§217)

This Laudato Si’ Week 2026, let hope become action:
♻️ reduce plastic waste
🌊 protect marine ecosystems
🐢 defend wildlife and biodiversity

Because extinction is forever.
And every species matters. ✊🌏




🌍 7 Daily Actions for Our Common Home 🌏💚DAY 7 • MAY 23🐾 SHARE THE LOVEcare for animals 🐶protect wildlife 🦋respect all li...
22/05/2026

🌍 7 Daily Actions for Our Common Home 🌏💚

DAY 7 • MAY 23
🐾 SHARE THE LOVE

care for animals 🐶
protect wildlife 🦋
respect all living beings 🌿
choose compassion every day 💚

Creation is not only made for us.
We are called to live with care and coexistence with all creatures. 🌏

“Because all creatures are connected, each must be cherished with love and respect.”
— Pope Francis, Laudato Si’ (§42)

Hope becomes action
when compassion extends to all life. ✊🌱





🌳 MANILA CAN’T BREATHE ON SEEDLINGS ALONE 🔥600 mature trees permitted to be cleared, and about 225 already lost today, c...
22/05/2026

🌳 MANILA CAN’T BREATHE ON SEEDLINGS ALONE 🔥
600 mature trees permitted to be cleared, and about 225 already lost today, cannot be replaced overnight by promises for tomorrow.

“Nature cannot be regarded as something separate from ourselves or as a mere setting in which we live.”
— Laudato Si’, §139

Living Laudato Si’ Philippines expresses deep concern over the continued cutting of mature trees in Metro Manila in the name of infrastructure expansion and urban development. In a city already suffering from extreme heat, worsening floods, air pollution, traffic congestion, and shrinking public green spaces, the removal of hundreds of full-grown trees represents more than ecological loss. It is a climate justice, public health, and human dignity issue.

The narrative that tens of thousands of seedlings can simply compensate for the destruction of mature urban trees dangerously misunderstands ecological integrity. Seedlings are future possibilities. Mature trees are present protection. Established trees already provide critical ecosystem services: cooling urban temperatures, absorbing floodwaters, filtering pollutants, storing carbon, reducing stress, supporting biodiversity, and creating more humane and livable public spaces. These functions cannot be immediately restored through compensatory planting programs that may take decades before reaching ecological maturity.

As climate impacts intensify, urban trees must be recognized not as obstacles to development, but as essential living infrastructure for climate adaptation and resilience. A truly sustainable city cannot be measured solely by road widening, elevated expressways, or faster vehicle mobility while simultaneously making urban life hotter, harsher, and less walkable for ordinary citizens.

Living Laudato Si’ Philippines likewise reiterates the urgent need to separate the DENR’s regulatory and environmental protection functions. Ecological protection should never compete with project approval within the same institutional framework. The future of Manila will not only be defined by what is built, but by what society chooses to protect. 🌿🏙️

🦋 INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY 🌏💚Every species matters.Every ecosystem is connected.And every action to pr...
22/05/2026

🦋 INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY 🌏💚

Every species matters.
Every ecosystem is connected.
And every action to protect biodiversity
is an act of hope for the future. 🌿

🌳 grow indigenous trees
🐦 protect native species
🌊 defend ecosystems
✊ choose life over destruction

“Because all creatures are connected, each must be cherished with love and respect.”
— Pope Francis, Laudato Si’ (§42)





🌍 7 Daily Actions for Our Common Home 🌏💚DAY 6 • MAY 22🔌 DON’T WASTE YOUR ENERGYunplug devices 🔌switch off lights 💡maximi...
22/05/2026

🌍 7 Daily Actions for Our Common Home 🌏💚

DAY 6 • MAY 22
🔌 DON’T WASTE YOUR ENERGY

unplug devices 🔌
switch off lights 💡
maximize natural light ☀️
use energy wisely 🌿

Every watt saved
helps reduce pollution
and protects our common home. 🌏

“Living our vocation to be protectors of God’s handiwork is essential to a life of virtue.”
— Pope Francis, Laudato Si’ (LS 217)

Hope becomes action
when we choose responsible energy use every day. ✊💚





: 3 most repeated words:🧍 HUMAN🌍 WORLD✨ GODNot money.Not power.Not profit.Maybe Pope Francis was telling us what truly ...
21/05/2026

: 3 most repeated words:

🧍 HUMAN
🌍 WORLD
✨ GOD

Not money.
Not power.
Not profit.

Maybe Pope Francis was telling us what truly matters all along. 🌱




🌍 7 Daily Actions for Our Common Home 🌏💚DAY 5 • MAY 21🌱 ROOT OF THE MATTERgrow indigenous trees 🌳grow a garden 🪴support ...
21/05/2026

🌍 7 Daily Actions for Our Common Home 🌏💚

DAY 5 • MAY 21
🌱 ROOT OF THE MATTER

grow indigenous trees 🌳
grow a garden 🪴
support reforestation 🌿
protect forests and biodiversity 🦜

Native trees protect ecosystems,
support biodiversity, and strengthen communities against climate impacts. 💚

“The climate is a common good, belonging to all and meant for all.”
— Pope Francis, Laudato Si’ (LS 23)

Hope becomes action
when we help creation grow and flourish. ✊🌏





: The top 3 pronouns in Laudato Si' are:WE.OUR.US.Not “me.”Not “mine.”Not “my problem.”Because climate justice, peace, ...
20/05/2026

: The top 3 pronouns in Laudato Si' are:

WE.
OUR.
US.

Not “me.”
Not “mine.”
Not “my problem.”

Because climate justice, peace, and caring for creation were never meant to be solo missions. 🌍💚

✨ We rise together.
🌱 Our common home.
🤝 Us against indifference.

Maybe Pope Francis was reminding us all along:
the future is collective.







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