The film The Letter: A Message For Our Earth, is based on Pope Francis’ 2015 encyclical letter, “Laudato Si’, on Care for Our Common Home.” The film features activists: Chief Cacique Odair “Dadá” Borari from the Amazon rainforest in Brazil; Ridhima Pandey, a 13-year-old climate activist from India; Arouna Kandé, a climate refugee from Senegal; U.S. scientists Greg Asner and Robin Martin; and Lorna Gold, president of Laudato Si’ Movement.

They were invited to Rome for a private audience with Pope Francis during which they shared their personal story and that of their country. What emerged was an overview of the state of our planet and the need for us to fully appreciate the interconnectedness of all life on the planet and the impact of human activity in creating an environmental crisis that is already causing devastation amongst poorer countries who have contributed least to the crisis.

Whilst being a very challenging film it also gives us hope if we commit to a personal ecological conversion and join with the global ecological movement.

Our session will include, in addition to the film screening, an opportunity for Q&A with Lorna Gold, who appears in the film and is president of the Laudato Si’ Movement. The screening will take place during World Interfaith Week and Bishop Brian McGee will lead us in our Opening Prayer.

Please register at: https://bit.ly/TheLetterScottishScreening