COMMENTARY: It is essential that this exhortation, which is a different kind of papal document, be read together with the Holy Father’s 2015 encyclical. The environmental exhortation by Pope Francis ...

Atop one of the highest hills in the Vatican Gardens, surrounded by green lawns, rose trellises, butterflies and green parrots, a panel of activists and a Nobel-prize winning physicist gathered to ...

The very first footnote in Pope Francis' new apostolic exhortation, Laudate Deum, released Oct. 4, is to a 2019 document from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops where they say, "Climate change is ...

Pope Francis on Wednesday released a new document on the environment that he has described as the “second part” of his 2015 encyclical Laudato Si', and which warns of “grave consequences” if humanity ...

Pope Francis leads a prayer as he begins his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on Sept. 20, 2023. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez). “Laudate Deum,” Pope Francis’ surprisingly brief ...

Paragraph 69: "I ask everyone to accompany this pilgrimage of reconciliation with the world that is our home and to help make it more beautiful, because that commitment has to do with our personal ...

(RNS) — On the feast of St. Francis this year (Oct. 4), Pope Francis released his latest apostolic exhortation, “Laudate Deum.” Many of us who work in applied Catholic moral theology were quite ...

First time a high level papal document has focused exclusively on climate change GLAND, Switzerland (4 October 2023) – Today, Pope Francis published a new Apostolic Exhortation Laudate Deum, ...

In the midst of a busy week, Pope Francis used 4 October, the feast of Saint Francis of Assisi, to publish a new Apostolic Exhortation, titled Laudate Deum (“Praise God”). The exhortation, which is ...

Pope Francis’ new document on the environment, to be released Oct. 4, will be called Laudate Deum. The pope shared the name of his latest apostolic exhortation during a meeting with Latin American ...