Here are all of Pope Francis’ tweets from yesterday on his new encyclical:
I invite all to pause to think about the challenges we face regarding care for our common home. #LaudatoSi
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) June 18, 2015
We need a new dialogue about how we are shaping the future of our planet. #LaudatoSi
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) June 18, 2015
There is an intimate relationship between the poor and the fragility of the planet. #LaudatoSi
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) June 18, 2015
There is a need to seek other ways of understanding the economy and progress. #LaudatoSi
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) June 18, 2015
There is a value proper to each creature.
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) June 18, 2015
The throwaway culture of today calls for a new lifestyle. #LaudatoSi
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) June 18, 2015
“To commit a crime against the natural world is a sin against ourselves and a sin against God.” (Patriarch Bartholomew)
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) June 18, 2015
The climate is a common good, belonging to all and meant for all.
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) June 18, 2015
Climate change represents one of the principal challenges facing humanity in our day. #LaudatoSi
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) June 18, 2015
The earth, our home, is beginning to look more and more like an immense pile of filth.
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) June 18, 2015
These problems are closely linked to a throwaway culture.
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) June 18, 2015
One particularly serious problem is the quality of water available to the poor. #LaudatoSi
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) June 18, 2015
The human environment and the natural environment deteriorate together.
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) June 18, 2015
The deterioration of the environment and of society affect the most vulnerable people on the planet.
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) June 18, 2015
We have to hear both the cry of the earth and the cry of the poor. #LaudatoSi
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) June 18, 2015
To blame population growth, and not an extreme consumerism on the part of some, is one way of refusing to face the issues.
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) June 18, 2015
A true “ecological debt” exists, particularly between the global north and south.
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) June 18, 2015
Developed countries ought to help pay this debt by limiting their consumption of nonrenewable energy.
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) June 18, 2015
There is no room for the globalization of indifference. #LaudatoSi
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) June 18, 2015
Economic interests easily end up trumping the common good.
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) June 18, 2015
The alliance between economy and technology ends up sidelining anything unrelated to its immediate interests.
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) June 18, 2015
Whatever is fragile, like the environment, is defenceless before the interests of a deified market.
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) June 18, 2015
We need only to take a frank look at the facts to see that our common home is falling into serious disrepair. #LaudatoSi
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) June 18, 2015
The present world system is certainly unsustainable from a number of points of view. #LaudatoSi
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) June 18, 2015
Each community has the duty to protect the earth and to ensure its fruitfulness for coming generations.
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) June 18, 2015
“Creation” has a broader meaning than “nature”; it has to do with God’s loving plan. #LaudatoSi
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) June 18, 2015
Every creature is the object of the Father’s tenderness, who gives it its place in the world.
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) June 18, 2015
At times more zeal is shown in protecting other species than in defending the equal dignity of human beings.
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) June 18, 2015
We should be particularly indignant at the enormous inequalities in our midst. #LaudatoSi
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) June 18, 2015
We continue to tolerate some considering themselves more worthy than others.
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) June 18, 2015
Earth is essentially a shared inheritance, whose fruits are meant to benefit everyone. #LaudatoSi
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) June 18, 2015
For believers, this becomes a question of fidelity to the Creator.
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) June 18, 2015
Never has humanity had such power over itself, yet nothing ensures that it will be used wisely.
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) June 18, 2015
Each age tends to have only a meagre awareness of its own limitations.
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) June 18, 2015
It is possible that we don’t grasp the gravity of the challenges before us. #LaudatoSi
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) June 18, 2015
We are learning all too slowly the lessons of environmental deterioration. #LaudatoSi
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) June 18, 2015
By itself the market cannot guarantee integral human development and social inclusion.
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) June 18, 2015
There is an urgent need for us to move forward in a bold cultural revolution. #LaudatoSi
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) June 18, 2015
Christian thought sees human beings as possessing a particular dignity above other creatures.
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) June 18, 2015
The culture of relativism drives one person to take advantage of another, to treat others as mere objects.
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) June 18, 2015
It is contrary to human dignity to cause animals to suffer or die needlessly. #LaudatoSi
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) June 19, 2015
We need an integrated approach to combating poverty and protecting nature.
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) June 19, 2015
For indigenous communities, land is not a commodity, but a gift from God, a sacred space.
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) June 19, 2015
Having a home has much to do with a sense of personal dignity and the growth of families. #LaudatoSi
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) June 19, 2015
The world we have received also belongs to who will follow us. #LaudatoSi
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) June 19, 2015
What kind of world do we want to leave to those who come after us, to children who are now growing up?
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) June 19, 2015
What is at stake is our own dignity.
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) June 19, 2015
Leaving an inhabitable planet to future generations is, first and foremost, up to us.
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) June 19, 2015
Interdependence obliges us to think of one world with a common plan.
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) June 19, 2015
Reducing greenhouse gases requires honesty, courage and responsibility. #LaudatoSi
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) June 19, 2015
A decrease in the pace of production and consumption can at times give rise to another form of progress and development.
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) June 19, 2015
We know how unsustainable is the behaviour of those who constantly consume and destroy.
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) June 19, 2015
Believers must feel challenged to live in a way consonant with their faith. #LaudatoSi
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) June 19, 2015
Many things have to change course, but it is we human beings above all who need to change.
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) June 19, 2015
The emptier a person’s heart is, the more he or she needs to buy, own and consume. #LaudatoSi
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) June 19, 2015
The teachings of the Gospel have direct consequences for our way of thinking, feeling and living. #LaudatoSi
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) June 19, 2015
Living our vocation to be protectors of God’s handiwork is not a secondary aspect of our Christian experience.
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) June 19, 2015
Christian spirituality proposes an alternative understanding of the quality of life.
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) June 19, 2015
An integral ecology includes taking time to reflect on our lifestyle and our ideals. #LaudatoSi
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) June 19, 2015
Let us sing as we go. May our struggles and our concern for this planet never take away the joy of our hope.
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) June 19, 2015
Lord, seize us with your power and light, help us to protect all life, to prepare for a better future. #LaudatoSi
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) June 19, 2015
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