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Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "We will celebrate the Laudato Si anniversary to show how much things have changed for the good", says the Global Catholic Climate Movement (GCCM) Program Manager for Africa Fr. Benedict Ayodi a member of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (OFMCap), on the occasion of Laudato Si Animators (LSA) online training course. Following Pope Francis’ invitation to all Catholics and people of good will to take part in Laudato Si’ Week (LSW) slated for May 16-25 to mark the sixth anniversary of the Encyclical letter, the global event will “celebrate” the improvements made so far towards nurturing the environment. Among the initiatives dedicated to Pope Francis' Encyclical on ecology, in Kenya the GCCM - Africa organized a Webinar focused on its impact on the continent led by GCCM, Association of Members of Bishops' Conferences in East Africa (AMECEA) and Symposium of Episcopal Conferences in Africa and Madagascar (SECAM), as well as another Webinar on 'Living Laudato Sì in our daily life as Christians' organized by GCCM-Africa and Daughters of St. Paul (FSP). The week that will run under the theme “For we know that things can change” has various organized Webinars to enlighten the people on ecological conversion including among others critical opportunities in 2021 to create change, call for an integral path, dialogue on education, dialogue on energy and fossil fuels, sowing hope for the planet care prayer network and global action day for our common home. The document sent to Agenzia Fides shows that the week will also be a time to reflect on what Covid-19 pandemic has taught us and to offer a roadmap for the future with hope. "Even though we know that much still needs to be done, we rejoice and celebrate because in the last six years, the Church has made significant progress in the ecological conversion journey", said Fr. Ayodi addressing about 200 LSA. During the week, the GCCM "will present to the whole Church living testimonies of Laudato Si transformations so far and offer tools that will help everyone in the next step of the journey". (AP) (Agenzia Fides, 20/5/2021)
