COMMENTARY: It is essential that this exhortation, which is a different kind of papal document, be read together with the Holy Father’s 2015 encyclical. The environmental exhortation by Pope Francis ...

Pope Francis said the title of his new letter on the environment will be "Laudate Deum," (Praise God), a frequent refrain in several psalms, including Psalm 148, which tells the heavens and the angels ...

Paragraph 69: "I ask everyone to accompany this pilgrimage of reconciliation with the world that is our home and to help make it more beautiful, because that commitment has to do with our personal ...

Atop one of the highest hills in the Vatican Gardens, surrounded by green lawns, rose trellises, butterflies and green parrots, a panel of activists and a Nobel-prize winning physicist gathered to ...

Pope Francis’ new document on the environment, to be released Oct. 4, will be called Laudate Deum. The Pope shared the name of his latest apostolic exhortation during a meeting with Latin American ...

Pope Francis leads a prayer as he begins his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on Sept. 20, 2023. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez). “Laudate Deum,” Pope Francis’ surprisingly brief ...

First time a high level papal document has focused exclusively on climate change GLAND, Switzerland (4 October 2023) – Today, Pope Francis published a new Apostolic Exhortation Laudate Deum, ...

A recent teaching document issued by Pope Francis, Laudate Deum (Praise God) has been aggressively promoted by the media for its focus on climate change, especially for the Pope’s criticism of the ...