Beyond Laudato Si’ & Laudate Deum: A New Theology of Creation

Beyond Laudato Si’ & Laudate Deum: A New Theology of Creation
Date: November 13, 2024
Time: 7:30 – 8:45 p.m. ET

Since 1990, the Catholic Church has recognized human-caused climate change as a moral issue and called for science-based policy responses in civil society. However, the Church has committed broad ecclesial sins of omission by largely failing to pursue these responses within the Church itself – especially through diocesan decarbonization policies. This collective social sin requires a new theology of creation that moves beyond Laudato Si’ and Laudate Deum by empowering laity and religious to collectively encounter their bishop and synodally advocate for a diocesan decarbonization policy. This presentation will outline the theological foundations of and concrete strategies for this approach.

Presenter: Daniel R. DiLeo, PhD, is a moral theologian, associate professor, and director of the Justice and Peace Studies Program at Creighton University. He is an expert in Catholic social teaching and climate change and publishes frequently on Laudato Si’ and Laudate Deum. Dr. DiLeo earned his PhD in theological ethics with a minor in systematic theology from Boston College.

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