It is clear that the president either has not yet read “Laudato Si'”, or he simply disagrees with what the pontiff said.
Laudato Si’
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This Easter, consider the lilies—and what they cost
Almost every lily any of us in the United States will see this Easter comes from the very same tiny area at the northwest border of California.
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President Trump’s Scorched Earth Day
The U-turn on environmental policies comes as evidence mounts that climate change has already caused significant damage, from killing large sections of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef to causing severe drought in Africa.
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Vatican and U.S. church leaders urge Trump to reconsider environmental rollback
One of the pope’s senior advisers urged Mr. Trump to listen to “dissenting” voices when it comes to the environment.
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Trump’s climate policy “neither protects our common home nor promotes the common good,” Catholic leaders say
Reversing any effort that reduces greenhouse gas pollution endangers the planet and puts the world’s most vulnerable people at risk, the advocates said.
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Trump’s “care” for the environment is the opposite of Catholic social teaching.
President Donald J. Trump’s executive order to repeal key policies meant to curb global warming is a direct contradiction of Catholic social teaching on caring for the environment.
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Pope Francis: Top Ten Moments
It’s the four year anniversary of Pope Francis’ election to the papacy and we bring you Francis’ Top Ten moments of the past four years.
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Vatican workshop: Focus on profit and fossil fuels is a bigger threat to the earth than population growth
Solutions should focus more on correcting unjust systems and selfish behaviors than population control.
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Pope Francis: Protecting the planet is an ethical, moral obligation
Pope Francis praised the 100 countries that joined the Paris climate agreement but emphasized that implementing it must involve multidisciplinary cooperation and special measures of solidarity with the poor.
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As Mass Extinction Threatens, Are Catholics Listening to ‘Laudato Si’’?
Researchers say deforestation, pollution, overfishing and the illegal wildlife trade, together with climate change, “are pushing species populations to the edge.”