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 ...

(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 ...

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 ...

Pope Francis made his strongest statements yet about climate change Wednesday, rebuking fossil fuel companies and urging countries to make an immediate transition to renewable energy. In a new ...

Pope Francis' latest plea to urgently address global warming and climate change is being hailed by Catholic ecological advocates as "a great call to action." On Oct. 4, the pope released his apostolic ...

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 ...

It gives me no pleasure to identify the essential problem at the heart of Pope Francis's recent Apostolic Exhortation, Laudate Deum: it condemns the economic progress produced by the Industrial ...

A recent teaching document issued by Pope Francis, Laudate Deum (Praise God) has been aggressively promoted by the media for its focus on climate change, especially for the Pope’s criticism of the ...

Pope Francis said the title of his new letter on the environment will be "Laudate Deum," (Praise God), a frequent refrain in several psalms, including Psalm 148, which tells the heavens and the angels ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Pope Francis blasted the wealthy few who exploit the environment to the detriment of the poor people in society. VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Pope Francis published a follow-up to his ...

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 ...