Yossi Cadan - 350.org
This morning Pope Francis released an unprecedented call to action on climate change, in a letter to 1.2 billion Catholics worldwide.
That's right: one the world's most prominent moral voices just cast climate action as a moral imperative. Whether or not you're Catholic, this is huge news, and you can help make sure it sends ripples near and far:
The Vatican’s stance couldn’t be clearer: climate change impacts us all, especially the poor. To prevent its catastrophic consequences we need an ethical and economic shift, a revolution in hearts and minds. Pope Francis’s encyclical letter puts the link between climate change and human activity center stage at a crucial moment for the climate movement:
"Humanity is called to create awareness of the need to change styles of life, production and consumption, to combat this warming or, at least, the human causes that produce or accentuate it.”
First Page of the Pope's letter. Link to full text below.
Dan Misleh, Catholic Climate Covenant:
Early this morning, the Vatican released Pope Francis's encyclical letter on ecology, Laudato Si'. It is a beautiful document. It says all of the best and truest things that could be said about our place here on Earth, "our common home," in the words of Pope Francis.
Pope Francis calls us to understand our role among the deeply connected creatures of God's creation. He calls us to lead simpler lives that are more authentic and less driven by consumption. Most of all, he calls us to care for the Earth and its people.
As you know, we've been hard at work on activities to support this incredible moment.
- The full encyclical is here.
- A list of quotations from the encyclical arranged by subject is here.
- A live stream of a press conference with Cardinal Wuerl and Archbishop Kurtz is here. The press conference begins at 8:30 AM EST.
In peace,
Dan Misleh
Catholic Climate Covenant
