Pope Francis has made the environment, natural and human, a hallmark of his papacy. And he is not the first pope to stress good stewardship of our ‘common home’.
Pope Francis has made the environment, natural and human, a hallmark of his papacy. And he is not the first pope to stress good stewardship of our ‘common home’.
“The issue is one which dramatically affects us, for it has to do with the ultimate meaning of our earthly sojourn.” (Laudato Si’, 160)
A person who is concerned solely or primarily with possessing and enjoying – who can no longer subordinate his instincts – cannot be free. Materialism has grown fat in the U.S., nursed by a deep cultural consumerism.





