The document addresses issues such as climate change, care for the environment, and the defense of human life and dignity. Pope Francis presides over a Mass in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome on July 23, ...

This text is a useful guide for an initial reading of the Encyclical. It will help you to grasp the overall development and identify the basic themes. The first two pages are an overview of Laudato si ...

We are pleased to invite you to the webinar “2020 Laudato Si’ Reflection – How the Encyclical Laudato Si’ could steer the EU’s role in a just recovery after the COVID-19 crisis”. This event is ...

Theologian Vince Miller said Pope Francis is making it clear the world has not responded with the urgency that climate change demands by announcing a second part to his 2015 encyclical on the ...

When the late Pope Francis penned his groundbreaking encyclical letter "Laudato Si', on Care for Our Common Home," it was hailed by some as the most influential contribution the Catholic Church has ...

One year ago today, Pope Francis issued a message to the world about climate change, the following statement is from David Nussbaum, Chairperson of WWF Global Climate and Energy Initiative "In its ...

When Pope Francis released his encyclical on the environment, “Laudato Si’,” in 2015, Muslims, Hindus and other faith leaders joined Christians in dialogues in response to the pontiff’s powerful call ...

Pope Francis said Wednesday he will release a follow-up environmental document to the 2015 encyclical Laudato Si’ on Oct. 4, the feast of St. Francis of Assisi. Speaking at the end of his general ...

Thank you, in the name of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, for your warm welcome. Santa Clara University has set itself the task of exploring the implications of Pope Francis’s recent ...

As an institution grounded in the Order of Pope Francis, the Jesuits, Santa Clara University will be dedicating the 2015–16 year to reflecting on the encyclical, as well as on lessons from Pope ...