The exhortation Laudate Deum. Hidden in the content, forgotten in the eyes of the Church - animals  

We recently received Pope Francis' new ecological exhortation Laudate Deum, a follow-up to the socio-ecological encyclical Laudato si'. Its text reverberates with apocalyptic tones. International agreements, declarations, and commitments have failed to stop the devastation of the Earth's environment and climate. Global greenhouse gas emissions are rising, the necessary transformations are going too slowly, and no targets have been met. We may be approaching the acknowledged tipping point for global warming of 1.5˚ C in just a few years (and not, as assumed in the 2018 climate target, around 2050). If we do not radically and quickly change how we manage the climate crisis, we will continue to slide into the hot abyss without hope of rescue. Więcej Info