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The Letter: A Message for our Earth. The Letter: A Message for our Earth is a 2022 documentary film presented by YouTube Originals, telling the story of the Laudato Si' encyclical by Pope Francis . The film was produced by Oscar-winning Off The Fence Productions and directed by Nicolas Brown, in partnership with the Laudato Si' Movement. [1]
Laudato si' ( Praise Be to You) is the second encyclical of Pope Francis, subtitled "on care for our common home". [1] In it, the Pope critiques consumerism and irresponsible economic development, laments environmental degradation and global warming, and calls all people of the world to take "swift and unified global action." [2]
2013 papal conclave. A conclave was convened on 12 March 2013 to elect a pope to succeed Benedict XVI, who had resigned on 28 February. 115 participating cardinal-electors gathered. On the fifth ballot, [ 1] the conclave elected Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, SJ, Archbishop of Buenos Aires.
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www .papalvisit .ca. Pope Francis visited Canada from July 24 to 29, 2022, with stops in the provinces of Alberta and Quebec and the territory of Nunavut. [2] The trip mainly focused on apologizing for the Catholic Church 's role in the Canadian Indian residential school system and on reconciliation with the country's Indigenous peoples.
Cafeteria Catholicism. Cafeteria Catholic, also called à la carte, is an informal term used to describe a follower of Catholicism who dissents from certain official doctrinal or moral teachings of the Catholic Church. [1] [2] Polling indicates that many Catholics dissent from the institutional hierarchy on at least one issue.
Pope Francis made his strongest statements yet about climate change Wednesday, rebuking fossil fuel companies and urging countries to make an immediate transition to renewable energy.
In 2014, Ivereigh published The Great Reformer: Francis and the Making of a Radical Pope, a biography of Pope Francis. Hugh O'Shaughnessy wrote in The Observer , "Dr Ivereigh’s exhaustive book on the first pope from the New World follows Paul Vallely’s excellent Pope Francis: Untying the Knots , in making better known the life and thoughts ...