
dcecowomen
- Nov 21, 2015
- 4 min
An Environmentalist’s Guide to the Pope’s Encyclical
by Farley Lord Smith It’s been a few months since Pope Francis visited Washington, and several more since his encyclical, Laudato Si’: On the Care of our Common Home was published. Yet the effect of his words and presence still ripples. For the 5,100 Catholic bishops representing 1.2 billion Catholics, it is a directive. To the 801 million Christian Protestants and roughly 3.5 billion people of other faiths, it is a strong statement if not an example. But does Laudato Si’ hav