Ecología integral y pacto educativo global. La educación integral del Papa Francisco

Abstract

After the conclave held in March 2013, Francisco became the first Latin American to occupy the seat of Peter. In November of that year, he presented his programmatic letter, the apostolic exhortation Evangelii gaudium, on the proclamation of the gospel in today’s world. In May 2015, he published the encyclical letter Laudato si’, on caring for our common home. As we estimate, this document represents the culmination of Francisco’s social teaching, a proposal for integral ecology that outlines a path in the face of the serious ecological crisis that, throughout the last century, emerged as the great global challenge to be faced in the third millennium. Accompanied by this reflection, the educational question emerges. It is a thematic area that has always received special attention from Jorge Mario Bergoglio. As expected, Francisco, in addition to reinforcing the importance of education, has tried to outline an educational proposal that, pari passu with his teaching, acquired greater relevance from his concern with the care of the common home. Hence the need to rebuild the global educational pact. Based on this, in this work, we try to present Francisco’s integral education.