Georgetown’s Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life recently held a dialogue on Laudato Si. The panel was moderated by John Carr, director of the Initiative, and featured Gina McCarthy, Administrator of the US Environmental Protection Agency; Anne Thompson, chief environmental affairs and Vatican correspondent for NBC News; Christiana Peppard, professor of moral theology at Fordham University; and Ralph Izzo, chairman, president and CEO of Public Service Enterprise Group Inc. You can watch the event and check out live-tweets from the panel below:

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.@Georgetown + @GUberkleycenter‘s John Carr is explaining what an encyclical is: authoritative, universal, + powerful. #LSGeorgetown

— Christopher J. Hale (@chrisjollyhale) July 1, 2015

This encyclical is bottom-up, outside-in. As it should be. #PopeFrancis #LSGeorgetown #LaudatoSi

— Allison Walter (@allison_walter_) July 1, 2015

“A true ecological approach always becomes a social approach; the cry of the earth becomes the cry of the poor.” #LSGeorgetown #LaudatoSi

— Betsy Shirley (@BetsyShirley) July 1, 2015

“I think it’s going to be a game changer,” says @GinaEPA about #LaudatoSi #LSGeorgetown

— Betsy Shirley (@BetsyShirley) July 1, 2015

.@GinaEPA: MLK was right: science is about facts. Religion is about values. They aren’t in competition. #LaudatoSi #LSGeorgetown

— Christopher J. Hale (@chrisjollyhale) July 1, 2015

This is a religious issue AND a public health issue #LaudatoSi @GinaEPA #LSGeorgetown

— Allison Walter (@allison_walter_) July 1, 2015

.@GinaEPA: This encyclical is so much braoder than climate. It’s for all of creation, the entire cosmos. #LaudatoSi #LSGeorgetown

— Christopher J. Hale (@chrisjollyhale) July 1, 2015

“Environmental degregation is what’s holding us back and keeping the poor, poor.” @GinaEPA #LSGeorgetown

— Jason Miller (@419in703) July 1, 2015

.@profpeppard of @fordhamnotes: Environmental justice and social justice must go hand in hand. #LaudatoSi #LSGeorgetown

— Christopher J. Hale (@chrisjollyhale) July 1, 2015

.@profpeppard Climate is a religious issue because “people deserve to flourish” #LaudatoSi #PopeFrancis #LSGeorgetown

— Allison Walter (@allison_walter_) July 1, 2015

.@PSEGNews CEO: He challenges consumer, technology-centered society to be more people centered. #LaudatoSi #LSGeorgetown

— Christopher J. Hale (@chrisjollyhale) July 1, 2015

.@PSEGNews CEO: l hope #LaudatoSi pushes a new revolution for renewable, solar energy. #LSGeorgetown

— Christopher J. Hale (@chrisjollyhale) July 1, 2015

.@PSEGNews CEO: Renewable energy isn’t affordable. It’s elitist. We need make it available and cheap. #LaudatoSi #LSGeorgetown

— Christopher J. Hale (@chrisjollyhale) July 1, 2015

.@annenbcnews: No one is marginalized more by environmental degradation than the poor. #LaudatoSi #PopeFrancis #LSGeorgetown

— Allison Walter (@allison_walter_) July 1, 2015

@annenbcnews: #PopeFrancis says we have reaped the benefits at the price of the poor. It’s time to pay our ecological debt. #LSGeorgetown

— Allison Walter (@allison_walter_) July 1, 2015

.@annenbcnews: #PopeFrancis wants us to be more creative, more bold in solving global climate crisis. #LaudatoSi #LSGeorgetown

— Christopher J. Hale (@chrisjollyhale) July 1, 2015

“Rather than talking about if #ClimateChange exists or not, it’s time to start talking about solutions.” @annenbcnews #LSGeorgetown

— Jason Miller (@419in703) July 1, 2015

.@profpeppard drawing attention to insight from indigenous peoples in #LaudatoSi that’s been overlooked #LSGeorgetown

— Betsy Shirley (@BetsyShirley) July 1, 2015

“I think what will resonate 10 years from now is @Pontifex‘s statement that water is a human right.” –@annenbcnews #LSGeorgetown

— Betsy Shirley (@BetsyShirley) July 1, 2015

.@profpeppard: Water is a fundamental right to life issue #LaudatoSi #PopeFrancis #LSGeorgetown

— Allison Walter (@allison_walter_) July 1, 2015

.@GinaEPA: #PopeFrancis‘s #LaudatoSi is less about polar bears in North Pole and more about children who are dying. #LSGeorgetown

— Christopher J. Hale (@chrisjollyhale) July 1, 2015