Questions to Guide Your Reading

Pope Francis, Laudato Si, 102-136

1. How does Pope Francis describe the relationship between creativity and power? How is he echoing an important theme from the Second Vatican Council’s Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World (Gaudium et Spes)?

2. According to Pope Francis, what are the dangers and risks of the “globalization of the technocratic paradigm”?  (Don’t forget to describe what “the technocratic paradigm” and “globalization” are.)

3. What, according to Pope Benedict are the effects of modern anthropocentrism, especially with regard to employment and new biological technologies?

4. Is Pope Francis opposed to technology and technological development? Why or why not?  Explain.