Home Improvement: Building a House for All People in an Environment That Can Sustain All Life with Fr. David Theroux, SSE, Vice President, Edmundite Mission

Dr. King’s image of a “world house” addresses the need to live with each other in nonviolence so that all may thrive, a world in which the rich care for the poor and the common good of all is valued above the good of the individual or tribe alone, as opposed to warring with each other such that mutual annihilation takes place. Pope Francis imagines the common good of all and the thriving of all peoples in terms of an environment that can sustain humanity, providing for humanity a home in which all can live with equal access to the world’s goods. However, care for the environment is what will provide for all humanity a common home where all can thrive. For Pope Francis, how we care for the environment demonstrates our care for all people, rich and poor alike.