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One Year In, Pope Leo Forges Ahead With Francis’ Ecological Obsession,  by Chelsea Jordan King – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

One Year In, Pope Leo Forges Ahead With Francis’ Ecological Obsession,  by Chelsea Jordan King

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Pope Leo XIV blesses a chunk of ice from a glacier in Greenland during the opening session of an international conference celebrating the 10th anniversary of Pope Francis’s encyclical “Laudato Si’, on Care for Our Common Home,” at the Mariapoli Center in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, Oct. 1, 2025. The ice block was fished out of the Nuup Kangerlua fjord in Greenland after becoming detached from the ice sheet. It was brought to the event by artist Olafur Eliasson with the help of geologist Minik Rosing. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

By Chelsea Jordan King, National Catholic Reporter, (Complicit Clergy), May 6, 2026

Per ChatGPT: “The National Catholic Reporter is an independent, nonprofit, lay-led Catholic news publication founded in 1964 and based in Kansas City. … It emphasizes editorial independence and often presents progressive Catholic perspectives on topics such as human dignity, inclusion, peace, environmental concerns, and social reform.”

Since Pope Leo XIV assumed the papacy, one of the most closely watched questions has been how he would continue Pope Francis’ legacy on climate change.

Dubbed by some as the “climate pope,” Francis made care for creation central to Catholic social teaching in the 21st century. In Laudato Si’, he reminded us that “everything is connected,” and that environmental degradation, human relationships and economic systems are intertwined. He propelled that message further with Laudate Deum, arguing that climate change is not only a scientific or political issue, but a moral and spiritual one. …

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