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… Pope Francis has issued an encyclical that picks up where White left off. His magnum opus " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home " is a work of breadth and depth. Pope Francis has paid close …

… and as a life giving element,” Gomes said. Discussing Pope Francis’ environmental encyclical, Laudato Si ’, the auxiliary bishop said it “brings us to a global understanding of the problem. It goes …

… Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace on the first draft of Pope Francis' encyclical " Laudato Si ', on Care for Our Common Home." Due to climate change, the sixth mass extinction of life on …

… the pope may bring up some of the points he made in his recent environmental encyclical, Laudato Si' , given that world nations will come together just a few months later for the United Nations …

… Catholic Climate Movement The event came 10 days after the release of  Francis’ encyclical , “ Laudato Si’ , on Care for Our Common Home,” in which he rallied against rich nations for their feeble …

More than a week out, we can look back and see the ripples caused by the drop of Pope Francis' timely encyclical letter on care for our common home. The bishop of Rome has made just enough waves to leave the world asking: Could this be the thing that brings people of faith and nonreligious together? I was at a Baskin-Robbins earlier this week and ran into participants of a conference with NextGen…

… the encyclical … McElroy also expressed high praise for Francis' new ecological encyclical , " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home," calling it a "very powerful and skillful unveiling" of the …

… Reese … One of the many marvelous things about Pope Francis' encyclical on the environment, " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home ," is that it is written in a very accessible style. It does …

… Nicholas Collura … I've already reflected on the prophetic edge of Ladauto Si' ; now I'd like to balance that reflection by considering its extraordinary positive … I couldn't articulate better than Jay Michaelson does how "theologically revolutionary" Laudato Si' really is -- how its "radically anti-fundamentalist biblical hermeneutic," its …

… At La Stampa's Vatican Insider , Andrea Tornielli looks at the Acton Institute's objections to Laudato Si' - I do not know how many Vatican officials read Distinctly Catholic, but everyone reads La …

… In a report released Monday to coincide with Pope Francis' encyclical on the environment, " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home," the Interfaith Center for Sustainable Development noted that …

… of, in his own words, “this lengthy reflection,” Pope Francis proposes in the final pages of “ Laudato Si’ , on Care for our Common Home” two prayers for the earth community. Both have taken a …

… -- and now I have the smell to prove it. The timing of release of the papal encyclical Laudato Si' is not lost on me. Here I am on an urban farm with students from a Catholic school …

… Silk on the religion of the Confederate flag. Silk also has a post about the degree to which Laudato Si' is a political manifesto.  The link between religious text and political program is also the …

… Sean Winters … It would have been easy to spend the entire last week, since the release of Laudato Si’, doing nothing on this blog put play whack-a-mole, hitting the various detractors as they pop …

… can be "morally necessary." Jamie Manson: Discussion of overpopulation missing from Laudato Si '' Michael Sean Winters: October's synod on the family begins to take shape. Gay …

… Rotondaro … NCR  asked prominent media ecologist Thom Gencarelli to weigh in on a portion of  Laudato Si'  that warns against the use of media to "shield us from direct contact with the pain, the …

… Bush joined a number of Republicans who have relativized the value of Pope Francis' encyclical Laudato Si' . "I don't get economic policy from my bishops or my cardinals or my pope," he said , …

It's been nearly a week since the much-anticipated release of Pope Francis' encyclical on the environment . Since then, the document's many beautiful and challenging elements have been justifiably lauded in both the religious and secular media. His call to replace fossil fuels is bold, his understanding of overconsumption and scarcity is prophetic, his compassion for the earth and all of its…, Editor's note:,  We can send you an email alert every time Jamie Manson's column, "Grace on the Margins," is posted to NCRonline.org. Go to this page and follow directions:  Email alert sign-up .

… Bartholomew. I do not know if there is something in the water in Grand Rapids, but me thinks Laudato Si' has struck a nerve with them.  My colleague Tom Roberts' has a great report on a recent …