US EditionPope Francis converted to the environmental cause and denounced those he blamed for climate change
- Pope Francis, who died at 88, addressed climate change for over ten years from Rome.
- The ethical-socio-environmental crisis and a throwaway culture prompted his actions and focus.
- He called for a culture of care, integral ecology, and regeneration of relationships.
- Francis insisted on climate justice, stating, "Everything is connected," released on Earth Day 2021.
- His encyclical 'Praised Be' inspired action, denouncing a 'structurally perverse' economy impacting the vulnerable.
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National Catholic Reporter
globalsistersreport.orgPope Francis leaves legacy as environmental conscience for the world
The pope made ecological concern a cornerstone of his 12-year papacy and positioned care of creation as both a nonnegotiable pillar of the Christian faith and "essential to a life of virtue."
Typhoon Haiyan to ‘Praised Be’: Here’s Pope Francis’s key moments in tackling climate change
Few moments in Pope Francis‘ papacy better exemplify his understanding of climate change and the need to address it than the rain-soaked Mass he celebrated in Tacloban, Philippines, in 2015. Wearing one of the cheap plastic yellow ponchos that were handed out to the faithful, Francis experienced first-hand the type of freak, extreme storms that scientists blame on global warming and are increasingly striking vulnerable, low-lying islands. He had…
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Pope Francis converted to the environmental cause and denounced those he blamed for climate change
In his landmark 2015 encyclical “Praised Be,” Pope Francis cast care for the planet as an urgent and existential moral concern.
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