Pope Francis and Care for Creation

Stephen P. White of Catholic University reflects on the new apostolic exhortation from Pope Francis, entitled Laudate Deum:

“The unique spiritual and theological insights of Laudato Si are mentioned, but briefly and with much less verve. The result is a letter from the pope that is most emphatic and urgent – and most pointed in its rhetoric – on precisely those aspects of the issue about which he is least qualified to expound and about which, by his own assertion, there already exists a predominating consensus.”

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