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Social Justice Newsletter 
June 25, 2015

The next edition of the newsletter will be sent out on September 10.  The "Upcoming Events" has been made as complete as possible.

 

Today's newsletter focuses on Pope Francis's environmental encyclical, Laudato Si'.  It is a call for a broad cultural revolution to protect the home that all human beings and all living things on earth share.  Attention must be given not only to climate change but also to protecting the habitats of our food sources in our oceans, rivers and streams from pollution and over-fishing.  Likewise, our soil and water need to be conserved.
 

The Pope is calling upon us to be especially concerned about the well-being of the poor.  

 

The Encyclical 

   
A four minute, twenty second video giving what Fr. James Martin, SJ, sees as the main points of the encyclical:
  
The official English translation of the full text is available here.
  
Global Warming: Pope Francis's Environmental Encyclical - an article by Massimo Faggioli here.

For the faithful, Social Justice Goals Demand Action on the Environment (New York Times, June 20) here 
  
America magazine provides analyses by eleven experts and access to a guide by the Vatican Press Office here.
  
Pope Francis, in Sweeping Encyclical, Calls for Swift Action on Climate Change (New York Times, June 19) here.
  
Francis' encyclical an urgent call to prevent world of 'debris, desolation and filth' (National Catholic Reporter online) here.

Pope Francis' Call to Action Goes Beyond the Environment (Ross Douthat, New York Times opinion piece, June 20) here
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