"Laudate Deum", what the "sequel" to "Laudato si'" contains
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The 28th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, on December 12, 2023 in Dubai. BEATA ZAWRZEL / NurPhoto via AFP
On October 4, 2023, Pope Francis issued Laudate Deum , a 73-point apostolic exhortation on the climate emergency, seen as a follow-up to the encyclical Laudato si' , which celebrates its 15th anniversary this year. It called on world leaders to act now—while sharply rebuking climate skeptics.
The need to remobilize, eight years later, in the face of the ecological emergency. When the Pope published Laudate Deum in 2023, he opted for a different tone from that of Laudato si' . Whereas his 2015 encyclical dedicated to the safeguarding of the Common Home was very developed on the theological level, Francis here offers a text that is intended to be more concise and hard-hitting, relying even more strongly on scientific findings.
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