Why Pope Francis’s Eco-Friendly Apostolic Exhortation Rings Unconvincingly for the Faithful

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 characterize. 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, … Read more

Bush, Macron and the Monumental Failure of Climate Politics

Looking back over 2018, three recent events in three different countries illustrate just how far the fortunes of climate change politics have fallen. The first event was the death of George H. W. Bush, forty-first president of the United States. His passing on November 30 at the age of 94 occasioned an outpouring of sympathy … Read more