"STAY WITH US, LORD" (Luke 24:29)

In his encyclical letter, Laudato Si , mi Signore (Praise be to you, my Lord), Pope Francis engages all people of good will in a bid to beckon them to cast a faithful look on our poor and exacerbating world which has for sometime been under human seige for which the aesthetic imperative and harmony of nature has been tampered with. While not delineating the human factors which have led to an abrupt wreckage of nature, Pope Francis notes particularly the shift in “blame to population growth instead of extreme and selective consumerism on the part of some (and this constitutes) a way of refusing to face the issues” (n. 50) Demurring on population growth as the sole index for measuring global environmental and climatic problems has for a long time been the refuge of people who disdain facts. Conceiving joy in the stead of rising climatic slavery nominates man, the carer of the world, as a charlatan who poses as a malicious trickster and robs both nature and fellow men of enj...

By Edmund Elorm Ackuaku  Change is one thing which is perceived as being permanent while that which experiences the change remains what it is. Up until now humanity has never lived in an atmosphere like this. A result of man's activities has changed economic, political, religious, Heath, Social and Environmental outlook of the world.  With observations made, we are crossing into an unknown territory, one of slavery as a result of our activities which threaten the survival of every species. The environmental and biological world are connected. The beauty and harmony of the world is being distorted and less effort is made toward reviving it.  Our ecosystem has no borders so much so that every engagement get to affect all that exists. Without realising it, we have upset the Earth's balance. Things seem to be working against the order and harmony that ought to exist. We have shaped the earth in our image.  Sooner than later, we will have not only pol...