On the Feast of St Francis of Assisi, Pope Francis promulgated his Apostolic Exhortation, Laudate Deum, expressly to complement his 2015 Encyclical, Laudato Si’. The encyclical was Francis’s admonition to address climate change. Laudate Deum is his much briefer complaint that we have not adequately heeded the charge of Laudato Si’. While he warns the Church that “certain apocalyptic diagnoses scarcely reasonable”, this does not excuse us from taking responsible measures to care for the environment. “The world in which we live is collapsing and may be nearing the breaking point”. Indeed, “the situation is now even more pressing”.
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on the feast of st francis of assisi, pope francis promulgated his apostolic exhortation, laudate deum , expressly to complement his 2...
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