Pope urges us to be ecological citizens - but how?

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ope Francis’ recent encyclical on the environment has attracted plenty of attention since it was published last week, and indeed it caused a significant stir even before it was released to the public.

Those familiar with the current teachings of the Catholic Church on environmental matters and the statements of Pope Francis in this area were able to anticipate much of the content of Laudato Si'.

But one aspect of the encyclical has so far gone largely unnoticed, and it has the potential to influence environmental behaviour around the world, particularly among those who might resist calls for environmental action couched in religious terms.

Read the piece by on The Conversation by the Lecturer in Politics at University of Adelaide, Benito Cao - “Pope Francis wants us to be ‘ecological citizens’, but how?”