On Care For Our Common Home: Laudato Si and Christian Anti-Capitalism (Part V)

About this episode

The episode discusses Chapter III of Laudato Si' by Pope Francis, focusing on environmental issues and critiques of capitalism.

This week, the Regrettable Christian Caucus tackles Chapter III of Laudato Si' by the late Pope Francis. You can follow along by grabbing the PDF from Verso or from the Vatican website. This Papal Encyclical calls for urgent action to address the global environmental crisis, critiques consumerism, blind developmentalism, inequality, and profit seeking. The document calls for global political solidarity to transition to a sustainable economy and for the protection of the world's most vulnerable populations. Read Along Here: https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/papa-francesco_20150524_enciclica-laudato-si.html Join the Regrettable Century Patreon Visit the Regrettable Century Merch Shop

People in this episode

Hosts: Chris, Jason, Kevin, Ben

Topics covered

• environmental crisis
• Christianity
• anti-capitalism
• sustainability
• consumerism
• inequality

Keywords

• Laudato Si
• Pope Francis
• environment
• capitalism
• sustainability
• consumerism
• inequality

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Vatican, Verso

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