Why Pope Francis’s Eco-Friendly Apostolic Exhortation Rings Unconvincingly for the Faithful
Pope Francis’s apostolic exhortation, Laudate Deum, is a hard document to characterise. Exhortations are supposed to encourage Catholics in their Faith. However, this document deals with ecological issues and is addressed to “all people of goodwill on the climate crisis.” Thus, the work reads more like an eco-lamentation, a written debate, a United Nations report, …