Millennial co-founder Christopher Hale has a new article at Time. He writes: Some politicians argue that Pope Francis and the Catholic Church should stay out of climate change debates and “leave science to the scientists.” But Francis and the church know that protecting creation is first and foremost a moral and religious issue. It’s a… Read More The 5 Most Important Points of Pope Francis’ Climate Change Encyclical
Here are 12 passages from Pope Francis’ new encyclical that mention the climate or climate change:
Pope Francis’ approach to climate change is surprising. He affirms practical and common-sense wisdom about how to care for the environment – for example, by turning down the heat, using less plastic, and reducing water use – but his encyclical also contains a much broader diagnosis of why we should be worried about climate change.… Read More 7 Surprising Ways that Pope Francis’ Encyclical is Calling You to Change
It’s here! A new social encyclical! As a Catholic moral theologian, I feel a bit like a child on Christmas morning. While I know that most of you were not setting your alarms for the 5am Vatican press conference, we have all been anxiously awaiting Pope Francis’ “environmental encyclical.” And, let me just say –… Read More Laudato Si: On Care for Our Common Home
Here are some of the quotes that Millennial readers are likely to find most interesting and worthy of reflection in Laudato Si (Praised Be):
Millennial co-founder Christopher Hale writes in Time: Bush is wrong: The church must get involved in politics. In fact, a “good Catholic,” Pope Francis has said, “meddles in politics.” We don’t do this to elect a candidate or advance a party, but because politics affects human flourishing, and we’re called by God to defend the… Read More Jeb Bush’s Response to Pope Francis’ New Encyclical Is Poppycock
Pope Francis: “We know that consumerism is a cancer of society, relativism is a cancer of society, and I speak about this in the next encyclical that will be issued this month.”
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