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Pope Francis

Ecotheology, Limits, and Freedom

December 15, 2020April 11, 2016 by Erik Lindberg

Pope Francis’s critique of the technocratic paradigm in his Encyclical Letter, On Care for our Common Home, might also be thought of as a critique of a morality of limitlessness, with the goal of articulating morally binding limits for human conduct.

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Pope Francis’s Ecological Vision: A Sojourner’s Guide to the Closed World

December 15, 2020February 29, 2016 by Erik Lindberg

As remarkable a document as his Encyclical Letter is, even more significant is the reception of the Pope’s ecological manifesto by liberals and progressives around the world.

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The gift of clear mind: Laudato Si’

December 15, 2020June 28, 2015 by Albert Bates

We cannot begin to say how refreshing it is to see Pope Francis face the urgency of the situation and awaken us to our need to be alive, and to swim upstream. "When people become agents for truth and vital change, they are elevated, enlarged, and lit up."

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Reaction to Pope’s green encyclical – June 27

December 15, 2020June 27, 2015 by Bart Anderson

(Roundup) Go and pollute no more! Hispanics hear Pope’s message.  Rethinking what it is to be human. Encyclical may be slow to take hold. 

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How Pope Francis’s climate encyclical is liberating the world

December 15, 2020June 24, 2015 by Lindsay Curren

In my life there are two things that have the effect of at least somewhat isolating me from others. The first is being a writer on climate change, peak oil, and the economic crises bound up with those modern predicaments. The other is being a Christian environmentalist.

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Pope calls for culture change (roundup)

December 15, 2020June 21, 2015 by Bart Anderson

Media coverage: Top 10 takeaways, Pope calls for cultural revolution, What scientists say, Action film trailer.

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Pope Francis Rides an Encyclical

December 15, 2020June 18, 2015 by Richard Heinberg

The papal encyclical released today is a 190-page urgent call to action on two issues—climate change and economic inequality—that frames both issues in ethical, spiritual, and religious terms.

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Pope Francis to deliver explosive Encyclical on climate change, poverty

December 15, 2020June 14, 2015 by Bart Anderson

Press coverage (including a Hollywood-style trailer) of Pope Francis’s coming papal letter calling for an end to the "tyrannical" exploitation of nature. NYT says it"could place the Roman Catholic Church at the forefront of a new coalition of religion and science."

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