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In issuing “Laudato Si’,” nine years ago, Pope Francis made climate change a central issue in the church’s social teaching. Are we still paying attention?
Perhaps it is no accident that, after opening his encyclical letter "Laudato Si’" with a quote from St. Francis of Assisi’s famous Canticle of the Creatures, Pope Francis cites Pope St. John ...
Recently, I asked on Reddit if anyone was aware of notable Christians who had seen Christ, in some sense, in animals. I knew of two examples: the ...
In 2015, he wrote, “LAUDATO SI’, mi’ Signore” – “Praise be to you, my Lord.” Ann Romero of Lake Charles is familiar with the Holy Father’s writings on the environment. “The Earth ...
(RNS) — With all that happened in the Catholic Church last month, we can be forgiven for missing the 10 th anniversary of “Laudato si’,” Pope Francis’ encyclical on global warming. Pope ...
Laudato Si, Laudato si, Praise be, Praise be! (Sifa na iwe, alabanza a Ti!) Laudato Si, Laudato si, Praise be, Praise be! (Sifa na iwe, alabanza a Ti!) To the God who creates, and sustains all life… ...
Pope Francis is issuing an encyclical focusing on an issue of grand scope, the care of the planet. And though he sees the poor as most affected by the economic and political systems underlying the ...
If you want to know how an encyclical like Pope Francis’ Laudato Si’ works its way through the Catholic Church, take a look at the latest number of Our Sunday Visitor, the venerable weekly ...
Francis' Laudato Si' was an encyclical, a teaching document, which he used to challenge both the Catholic Church and global leaders to urgent action. "Francis speaks to a divided world and a divided ...
Encountering Pope Francis's Laudato Si only through secondhand sources may leave many out of touch with its most profound philosophical, spiritual and ethical nuances, say two Cornell anthropologists.
In 2023, Francis published Laudate Deum, a short follow up to Laudato Si’.At the same time as he urged the world to act, he condemned those who blame climate change on the poor for having so ...