Q&A: The Pope’s New Document on Climate Change Is a ‘Throwdown’ Call for Action

VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - OCTOBER 05: (EDITOR NOTE: STRICTLY EDITORIAL USE ONLY - NO MERCHANDISING). Pope Francis meets with 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics Giorgio Parisi and the speakers of the Apostolic Exhortation “Laudate Deum” on October 05, 2023 in Vatican City, Vatican. Pope Francis' Exhortation “Laudate Deum” published on the 4th October, the Feast of St Francis of Assisi, is a text in continuity with his 2015 encyclical Laudato si’, which is broader in scope. In six chapters and 73 paragraphs, the Successor of Peter tries to clarify and bring to completion that previous text on integral ecology, while at the same time sounding an alarm, and a call for co-responsibility, in the face of the climate emergency. In particular, the Exhortation looks ahead to COP28, which will be held in Dubai between the end of November and beginning of December. (Photo by Vatican Media via Vatican Pool/Getty Images)

Published by: Inside Climate News October 21, 2023

A professor who has studied Francis’ writings on climate says he singles out the U.S. for overconsumption and takes “aim” at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ denialism.

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