Pope Francis’s Proposition of Integral Ecology

In spite of the fact that Pope Francis’s environmental message is not the first one to be formulated by the authorities of the Catholic Church, it is in this particular one that threads become visible which allow to see in it new, far-reaching analyses and conclusions. The aim of the present article is to indicate these elements which make it possible to draw such conclusions, both in relation to perceiving the sources of the environmental crisis and showing the ways of overcoming it. It is a realistic and coherent attitude, striving for harmony between people and nature, within human communities, between humans and God, and, finally, between science and faith. Undoubtedly, such Francis’s orientation towards peculiar environmental integralism and synergism is the most characteristic feature of his propositions of overcoming environmental threats.