Today, on the feast of St. Francis of Assisi (October 4), Pope Francis has released his apostolic exhortation Laudate Deum, that completes his encyclical Laudato si’ published in May 2015, and is addressed “to all people of good will on the climate crisis”.
Eight years after Laudato si’, and based on the reflections and events of this time, the Pope reiterates and further develops the themes from his second encyclical in which he expressed his “heartfelt concerns about the care of our common home”. A decision taken because, he says, “I have realised that our responses have not been adequate, while the world in which we live is collapsing and may be nearing the breaking point.”
The Pope does not fail to repeatedly emphasise how the poor and the most vulnerable suffer most from the consequences of climate change, even though they are less responsible for it.
You can read the summary of Laudate Deum here
You can read the full text of Laudate Deum here