ENCYCLICAL LETTER LAUDATO SI': On care for our common home:

ENCYCLICAL LETTER LAUDATO SI': On care for our common home: Green encyclical on the environment.

â€œLaudato Siâ€ is the first papal encyclical devoted solely to environmental issues â€” and also, Pope Francis clearly hopes, the beginning of the broad moral awakening necessary to persuade not just one billion Catholic faithful, but humanity at large, of our collective responsibility to pass along a clean and safe planet to future generations. In other words, to do the things that mere facts have not inspired us to do.

Thus far, he made clear, we mortals have made a mess of it, polluting the air and water, destroying forests and wildlife, wantonly wasting resources. â€œThe earth, our home, is beginning to look more and more like an immense pile of filth,â€ he declared. â€œIn many parts of the planet, the elderly lament that once beautiful landscapes are now covered with rubbish.â€

A papal document along these lines had been expected for months, but even so, the language packed an unexpectedly authoritative and confident punch, especially on global warming. â€œClimate change is a global problem with grave implications: environmental, social, economic, political and for the distribution of goods,â€ he wrote. â€œIt represents one of the principal challenges facing humanity in our day.â€

-- The New York Times
Country USA
Author Pope Francis
Binding Kindle Edition
Edition 1
Format Kindle eBook
IsAdultProduct
NumberOfPages 125
PublicationDate 2015-06-22
ReleaseDate 2015-06-22

Country	USA
Author	Pope Francis
Binding	Kindle Edition
Edition	1
Format	Kindle eBook
IsAdultProduct
NumberOfPages	125
PublicationDate	2015-06-22
ReleaseDate	2015-06-22

ENCYCLICAL LETTER LAUDATO SI': On care for our common home: Green encyclical on the environment.

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