Pope Francis and the Environment: Why His New Climate Encyclical Matters

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Streamed  live  on  Apr 8, 2015

In the summer of 2015, Pope Francis issued a Papal Encyclical on the environment, in which he declared climate action a moral imperative for the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics. This panel of experts from across several disciplines at Yale discusses the potential implications of this event–and how it might transform the global climate debate for Catholics and non-Catholics alike.

Published on Jun 18, 2015

USCCB President Archbishop Joseph Kurtz and Washington’s Cardinal Donald Wuerl talk about Pope Francis’ new encyclical and its impact on Catholics and the people of the world.

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