A Catholic approach to climate

“Francis of Assisi. For me, he is the man of poverty, the man of peace, the man who loves and protects creation; these days we do not have a very good relationship with creation, do we? He is the man who gives us this spirit of peace, the poor man … How I would like a Church which is poor and for the poor!”—Pope Francis
This is the manifesto Pope Francis gave at his inauguration on March 16, 2013. Now, a little more than a year after this statement, the Pope is writing an encyclical that is likely to reflect this threefold aim: to be in solidarity with the poor, to work for peace, and to protect creation. Indeed, it has been the style of his ministry so far to shatter the image of grandeur associated with the papacy and adopt instead the attitude of a simple friar; to become, as it were, the contemporary Francis for a modern age.

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