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“The end of the world? Crises, responsibilities, hopes”.

A delegation from the "United States of the World" and the "Fondazione Mediterraneo", led by Secretary General Prof. Michele Capasso and Prof. Massimo Pica Ciamarra attended the event held on 3 and 4 March in the Vatican.
On this occasion, Capasso and Pica Ciamarra presented the poster "Abandoning the Anthropocene, Landing in the Ecocene".
Nobel Prize winners, planetologists, physicists, biologists, palaeoanthropologists, theologians, historians, gathered and discussed at the international conference organised by the Pontifical Academy for Life, chaired by Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, on the theme "The end of the world? Crises, responsibilities, hopes".
Among the themes developed:

  1. Biology, planetology, physics question us. Can life only develop in the forms we know? Or can planetary exploration tell us something new and expand our knowledge and our biological concept of life? From the infinitely large universe, to the building blocks of quantum physics of the infinitely small, how does this change the world view and humanity's position in the world?
  2. Earth sciences. We speak of the Anthropocene as a new geological epoch. The Earth has become warmer, and more polluted. Changes linked to population growth, industrialisation and globalisation. Are they irreversible? Do they threaten the life of our human family itself? It is an open debate.
  3. Anthropology and linguistics. Peoples and cultures on the planet share a common capacity for language and abstract thought. Could we not start here, as a human species, to take a step forward and start talking about the unique human spirit?
  4. Genetics and molecular biology. The development of scientific and technological knowledge must interact with the various fields of knowledge: legal, political, religious. The experience of the Global Observatory for Genome Editing will be presented in this respect.
  5. Educational fields. A central theme concerns the education of the younger generations. Talking about the future is important, provided we know the past and understand the present, without giving in to resignation or resistance to change. A joint effort is needed to inspire young people to think creatively about their future and to teach them to hope.
  6. Theology and Humanities. Ecology tells us that humanity and nature are connected. Divine action, for believers, unfolds within the dynamics of human relationships and history. We must rethink creation as co-creation. We must think of our presence in the world according to Trinitarian Christian monotheism, not according to individualist monotheism that affirms the primacy of my ego to the detriment of others. Only together do we save ourselves. Alone we sink.

General Secretary Capasso congratulated Bishop Paglia on the value of the speeches, which today constitute a substantial reference.

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