God\u27s Tenderness in all Creatures: the Fundamental Thought of the Encyclical of Pope Francis "Laudato Sì"

Enciklika pape Franje Laudato sì, objavljena 2015. godine, orijentir je suvremenoga doktrinarnog učenja o stvaranju. U radu se sažimlju osnovni pojmovi teksta u sedam koraka. Polazište je pregled hitnih izazova koji kršćanska teologija o stvaranju lica doživljava u osvit 21. stoljeća. U tom kontekstu, drugi korak opisuje teološki i pastoralni cilj enciklike. Stoga sljedeći korak razjašnjava odnos između suvremenih “znakova vremena” i doktrinarnog učenja u enciklici. Četvrti korak opisuje Papin koncept sveobuhvatnog pristupa izazovima u gospodarstvu, politici i okolišu. U tom smislu, peti korak skicira Papinu kritiku tzv. „tehnokratske paradigme“. Dok šesti korak opisuje njegovu koncepciju temeljne veze i univerzalne solidarnosti svih stvorenja, posljednji korak razotkriva pojam Božje “nježnosti”, koja je ključna za Papino teološko rasuđivanje o stvaranju i njegovoj duhovnosti.Pope Francis’ encyclical “Laudato sì“, published in 2015, is a landmark of contemporary doctrinal teaching on creation. The paper summarizes the basic concepts of the text in seven steps. The starting point is an outline of urgent challenges Christian theology on creation faces at the dawn of 21st century. Against this background, the second step expounds the theological and pastoral objective of the encyclical. Hence, the next step elucidates the relationship between contemporary “signs of the times” and doctrinal teaching in the encyclical. The fourth step outlines the Pope’s concept of a comprehensive approach to the outstanding challenges in economy, politics and environment. On this line, the fifth step sketches the Pope’s criticism of the so-called “technocratic paradigm”. While the sixth step expounds his conception of the fundamental link and universal solidarity of all creatures, the final step exposes the notion of God’s “tenderness” which is crucial for the Pope’s theological reasoning on creation and his spirituality