Papa Franjo 2015. godine izdao je encikliku Laudato si’ – O brizi za zajednički dom koja je pobudila veliko zanimanje među vjernicima Katoličke Crkve i u akademskoj zajednici. Kako bi se enciklika mogla što bolje razumjeti, u radu se opisuju njezina tri glavna obilježja: dijalog razuma i vjere, sveopće zajedništvo te nerazdvojiva povezanost ekonomije, ekologije i siromaštva. Prvo obilježje enciklike tiče se suradnje s eminentnim znanstvenicima koja je rezultirala tekstom prvoga poglavlja enciklike. Drugo obilježje odnosi se na povezanost svih stvorenja na svijetu koja proizlazi iz Božjega čina stvaranja, a treće na nerazdvojivu povezanost ekonomije, ekologije i siromaštva. Sva su tri obilježja enciklike u funkciji promicanja cjelovite ekologije kao jedine alternative dominantnoj paradigmi tržišne ekonomije i odnosu prema okolišu. In 2015, Pope Francis released his encyclical letter Laudato si’ – On Care for Our Common Home , which aroused great interest among the faithful of the Catholic Church and in the academic community. To understand the encyclical better, this article outlines its three main characteristics: the dialogue between faith and reason, the universal communion, and the inseparable connection between economics, ecology, and poverty. The first characteristic concerns the cooperation with eminent scientists which resulted in the text of the first chapter of the encyclical. The second characteristic refers to the connection between all creatures in the world that proceeds from God’s act of creation, and the third refers to the inseparable interconnectedness of economy, ecology, and poverty. All three characteristics of the encyclical are in the function of promoting the comprehensive ecology as the only alternative to the dominant paradigm of market economy and attitude towards the environment.