Laudato Si' Text of the encyclical

A readers' guide to 'Laudato Si'' Thomas Reese, SJ

Articles in America
The Great Gift of 'Laudato Si' Jeffrey D. Sachs
Looking at Laudato Si' from the Global South Agnes M. Brazal
To Till and Tend Jim Ennis
A Sign of Contradiction Stephen P. White
An Awe-Inspiring Contemplatio Jojo M. Fung, S.J.
Why 'Laudato Si' is the Perfect Encyclical for Millennials Kerry Weber
The Franciscan Character of 'Laudato Si' Daniel P. Horan, OFM
Top Ten Takeaways from 'Laudato Si'' James Martin, S.J.

Articles in Thinking Faith, the online journal of the Jesuits in Britain
Laudato si' and Covid-19: Can praises still be sung in a strange land? Celia Deane-Drummond
To admonish the sinner Edel McClean
Laudato si': Concern for our global commons Ottmar Edenhofer and Christian Flachsland
Duty free? Virtue ethics in Laudato si’ Henry Longbottom
Ecological conversion and cultural transformation Donal Dorr
Laudato si': a Seismic Event in Dialogue between the Catholic Church and Ecology Damian Howard SJ

Articles in the Union of Catholic Asian News
The truth about Pope Francis' encyclical and his critics David Mills
Pope Francis isn't preachin' to the choir with 'Laudato Si' Fr Dwight Longenecker
The dog in the Laudato si' room Fr William Grimm

Articles in Church Life Journal, a journal of the McGrath Institute for Church Life
A Deceptively Simple Papal Document Paul Tighe
Augustine and Francis: The Saints of Laudato Si' John Cavadini
The Architecture of an Urbanist Natural Law Principle Philip Bess
"Laudato Si'," Personal Conversion, and Missionary Joy Lucas Briola
Laudato Si' and Environmental Works of Mercy John Cavadini

Articles in First Things
The Weakness of Laudato Si R. R. Reno
An Eastern Orthodox Perspective on Laudato Si John Chryssavgis

Articles in Working Notes, a journal published by the Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice
"Everything is Interconnected": Laudato Si', an Ethical Framework to Guide Environmental Policy? Gerard Whelan SJ
Ecological Economics and Politics in the Ecology Encyclical Donal Dorr

Articles from other sources
Tolkien, Middle Earth and Laudato Si' Nancy Enright
Shame and the Signs of Hope: Encyclical as Examen Michael Murphy
Markets and Morals after Laudato Si Micah Musser
Laudato Si': On Care for Our Common Home – Connecting Ecology and Urban Development Alejandro Crosthwaite
Pope Francis' "Laudato Si'" On Care for our Common Home: An Ecofeminist Response Anne Clifford
Live Laudato Si' Catholics around the country bring the ecological vision of Pope Francis to life in integral, systemic, and prophetic ways Doug DeMeo
Laudato Si': A political reading Robert Manne
Podcast in which John O'Keefe and Wendy M. Wright discuss Pope Francis's encyclical on the environment, Laudato Si' Center for Catholic Thought at Creighton University
The Tragedy of Laudato Si' William F. Byrne
Laudato Si': Well Intentioned, Economically Flawed Samuel Gregg
Lex credendi, lex vivendi: A response to Laudato Si' Ilia Delio
Ethics and Pope Francis's Encyclical Letter Laudato Si David E. DeCosse and Brian Patrick Green
Our Statement to Thank and Celebrate the Encyclical Laudato Si' The Global Catholic Climate Movement
A Roundtable On 'Laudato Si' Editors of The Federalist
A Prophetic Pope and the Tradition of Catholic Social Teaching Bishop-Elect Robert Barron
Capitalists Should Be Nervous: A Response to Fr. Robert Barron on Laudato Si' Artur Rosman
Climate Change and the Impact of Laudato Si Bill O'Grady
A Libertarian View of Francis' Laudato Si Donald Devine
Pope Francis on avoiding environmental catastrophe Bruce Duncan
Is Ecology Haunted? An Ecocritic Reads Laudato Si' Doug Sikkema
Pope Francis' 'Laudato Si'' is a game changer Dan Misleh


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