Pope Francis' Releases Laudate Deum "to All People of Good Will on the Climate Crisis"

Eight years after Pope Francis released his Encyclical Laudato Si' he has followed up with an Apostolic Exhortation Laudate Deum (Praise God) because he has realized that enough has not been done. In his letter he says the climate crisis is a global social issue and is intimately related to the dignity of human life. He calls climate change "one of the principal  challenges facing society and the global community."

He continues by saying "It is no longer possible to doubt the human ... origin of climate change and then explains why. He then outlines the damages and risks for all creation, including humans.

The pope later highlights what he believes to be "the weakness of international politics" and the progress and failures of the various initiatives that have taken place around the world to address the situation. He conclused the exhortation with a number of points about the spiritual motivations for the fight against climate change. 

Laudato Deum Text in English
(courtesy of the Province of Australia)