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Pope Francis centered the climate crisis during his papacy,
highlighting the moral obligations that we all share to our fellow
humans (especially the poorest among us, as they will be
disproportionately impacted by climate change) as well as our
responsibilities to the Earth itself. In 2015, Pope Francis released
his first encyclical, Laudato si’: On Care for Our Common Home,
a 40,000 word treatise on both the Biblical mandate to care for
creation but also a holistic discussion of the effects of modernity
on the ecological function of the planet. While the encyclical became
part of the Catholic Church’s official teaching, the encyclical was
written for both believers and nonbelievers.

Catholics are
continuing to work together to address climate change through the
Laudato
Si’ Movement, a nonprofit that joins over 900 Catholic
organizations and over 10,000 trained grassroots leaders known as
Laudato Si’ Animators to “inspire and mobilize the Catholic
community to care for our common home and achieve climate and
ecological justice”

Anna Johnson, North
American Director of the Laudato Si’ Movement, joins the program to
discuss Pope Francis’ lasting legacy of climate action.

Interested in
joining fellow Catholics for Climate Action? Laudato
Si’ Movement has a California chapter!

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