Read more about the article Poll: U.S. Catholics’ views on climate show no significant ‘Laudato Si’’ effect years later
Rock formations and mountains are pictured near Los Alamos, N.M., Nov. 21, 2020. Pope Francis warns the clock is ticking on the dangers of climate change -- and both a paradigm shift and practical action are critically needed to avert looming disasters in nature and human society. The pope released his new apostolic exhortation "Laudate Deum" (“Praise God”) Oct. 4, 2023, as a follow-up to his 2015 encyclical "Laudato Si', On Care for Our Common Home." (OSV News photo/CNS file, Bob Roller)

Poll: U.S. Catholics’ views on climate show no significant ‘Laudato Si’’ effect years later

‘We cannot fail to consider the effects on people’s lives of environmental deterioration, current models of development and the throwaway culture’

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Read more about the article Pope, in document on climate crisis, criticizes science ‘deniers’
This graphic from Jan. 18, 2023, shows global average surface temperature in 2022 compared to the 1991-2020 average, with places that were warmer than average colored red and places that were cooler than average colored blue based on data from NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. The bars on the graph show global temperatures compared to the 20th-century average each year from 2022 back to 1976 -- the last year the world was cooler than average. (CNS photo/NOAA)

Pope, in document on climate crisis, criticizes science ‘deniers’

‘Our responses have not been adequate, while the world in which we live is collapsing and may be nearing the breaking point’

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Read more about the article ‘Laudate Deum’: Planet mirrors a deeply flawed view of human life and activity
A woman is seen relaxing at West Meadow Beach in Setauket, N.Y., Oct. 2, 2023. Pope Francis warns the clock is ticking on the dangers of climate change -- and both a paradigm shift and practical action are critically needed to avert looming disasters in nature and human society. (OSV News photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)

‘Laudate Deum’: Planet mirrors a deeply flawed view of human life and activity

‘Climate change is one of the principal challenges facing society and the global community’

Continue Reading‘Laudate Deum’: Planet mirrors a deeply flawed view of human life and activity