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I converted to Catholicism because of Pope Francis' encyclical Laudato Si'
… In 2015, someone gave me a copy of Laudato Si' and it changed my life. I was a junior at a public college, majoring in physics and … and there weren't any Catholic parishes within an hour's drive of where I grew up, so Laudato Si' was my first proper introduction. Over the next few years, when someone invited me … and Georges LeMaitre (Jesuit priest and father of the "Big Bang theory"). I loved that Laudato Si' emphasized the shallow cruelty of the "throwaway culture" that dominates today's …
Digital wake remembers Pope Francis' global impact on the climate movement
… they pass away is a family tradition in every culture, said Lorna Gold, executive director of Laudato Si' Movement, which convened the digital wake. "So today, we are gathering as a global … of Francis' life was filled with anecdotes and emotions. Tomas Insua, the founder of Laudato Si' Movement who met numerous times with his fellow Argentine, Francis, fought back tears as he concluded the event by reading passages from the final chapter of Laudato Si' . Now a movement of 900-plus Catholic organizations in 140 countries, Laudato Si' …
Pope Francis leaves a largely unknown legacy of artistic inspiration
… working on a visual representation of Pope Francis' 2015 environmentally focused encyclical Laudato Si' , a lasting testament to the pope's call to care for creation. "I do believe that his …
How Pope Francis drew inspiration from his namesake's vision, actions
… Franciscan friar's words inspired the titles of two of Pope Francis' encyclicals, Laudato Si' (on care for our common home) in 2015, and Fratelli Tutti (on fraternity and social … 2023 apostolic exhortation Laudate Deum (on the climate crisis), issued as a follow-up to Laudato Si' and published on St. Francis' Oct. 4 feast day in the Roman calendar. His other …
Pope Francis mourned in Paris
… "for his commitment to ecology as an essential part of his pontificate" — in the encyclical, Laudato Si'. Dumont said that Francis' "pastoral overtures toward LGBT+ people and 'irregular …
On climate, Pope Francis was hard-hitting and hopeful
… encyclical. A year after that group photo was taken, Pope Francis would issue in June 2015 " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home." When the world got wind of the impending encyclical, … wondered if his global popularity would carry over to an embrace of this needed message. When Laudato Si' was released, the Catholic Climate Covenant suddenly became a center of activity to …
Fr. Thomas Reese: I loved and supported Pope Francis, though he was not perfect.
… top Shiite leader in Iraq and the top Sunni leader in Egypt. Finally, in his 2015 encyclical " Laudato Si’ " he wholeheartedly embraced the environmental movement and called on the church and …
Pope Francis' magisterial teachings, like his reverence for the gift of creation, will live on
… to revere the gift of creation, and to examine the ways our human activities imperil it. Laudato Si' developed the embryonic teaching on environmental concern voiced by his immediate … predecessors, but he reached back to the Poverello to bring that teaching to full flower. Laudato Si' was the most medieval and anti-modernist teaching of any recent pope and it inspired …
Pope Francis leaves legacy as environmental conscience for the world
… chosen for his first encyclical, Francis chose the environment. In spring 2015, he issued " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home," an expansive treatise on humanity's role within … threats. Its title drew from a passage in Francis of Assisi's "Canticle of Creatures." With Laudato Si' , Pope Francis compiled the compendium of Catholic thought and teachings on …
Remembering Francis: 'One of the most consequential leaders of our time'
… together towards a reconciled and nonviolent world." Lorna Gold, executive director of the Laudato Si' Movement, said Francis' legacy would be defined by his dedication to caring for the environment, including through his two papal texts on ecological matters, " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home" and Laudate Deum . "Pope Francis has contributed …
Pope Francis had the moral courage to stand up for the Earth and its people
… and protected. This understanding crystallized magnificently in his 2015 encyclical " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home," a testament to his deep awareness of the intersection …
POPE FRANCIS, PASTOR-PONTIFF, REVITALIZED GLOBAL CATHOLIC CHURCH
… women serving in ordained Catholic ministry. Francis' first encyclical authored on his own, " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home," called on the world to take action to combat climate … from the saint for the themes of his papacy. Two of his three encyclicals — 2015's " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home ," and 2020's " Fratelli Tutti , on Fraternity and …
Easter is a time to celebrate 'deep resurrection'
… members of the single family of creation. Pope Francis, in his 2015 encyclical letter, " Laudato Si' , on Care for our Comon Home ," emphasized this point of our participation in one …
Planting Laudato Si' seeds of hope
… Last year, " The Way Forward " gathering at the University of San Diego focused on Laudato Si' . Among the attendees were Aruni Bhatnagar and Ted Smith from the Christina Lee Brown … and universities intersects with creating environments for human flourishing and responds to Laudato Si''s call to 'care for our common home,' " said Sacred Heart's Kurt Bartholomew. The …
New Stations of the Cross focus on suffering of Native Americans, path to healing
… also quotations from Pope Francis' documents, among them his landmark encyclical on ecology, " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home ," and Querida Amazonia ("Beloved Amazon"), focused on …
The Francis Effect podcast: Tariffs; creation preaching; 10 years of Laudato Si'
… environment editor, about the 10th anniversary of Pope Francis' environmental encyclical " Laudato Si' , on Care for Our Common Home." They discuss how U.S. church leaders and dioceses have responded to Laudato Si' in the past decade; why the document matters; what ordinary Catholics can do to care …
Peace and care for creation are linked, dicastery says
… will be taking place during the Holy Year and the 10th anniversary of the pope's encyclical, "Laudato Si', on Care for Our Common Home." A papal message for the day of prayer usually is …
After illness, can Pope Francis consolidate his vision of church?
… has brought innovation in terms of the church's social doctrine. In his main encyclicals, Laudato si' (2015) and Fratelli tutti (2020), as well as in his most recent apostolic …
Lenten campaign calls for ecological conversion in Brazil
… awareness of integral ecology. "This year, it's the 10th anniversary of both the encyclical Laudato Si' and of the foundation of REPAM. We also have to recall the 800 years of St. Francis …
What Catholic sisters wish they had learned sooner
… of creation, and the times in which we live was life-giving. Fast forward to Pope Francis' Laudato Si' and its message of the interconnectedness of all of God's creation. I now believe …