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The complete text of ,the landmark encyclical letter from Pope Francis that, as magazine reported, rocked the international community

In the , the beloved Pope exhorts the world to combat environmental degradation and its impact on the poor. In a stirring, clarion call that is not merely aimed at Catholic readers but rather at a wide, lay audience, the Pope cites the overwhelming scientific evidence of climate change, and does not hesitate to detail how it is the result of a historic level of unequal distribution of wealth.

It is, in short, as the labeled it, An urgent call to action . . . intended to persuade followersaround the world to change their behavior, in hopes of protecting a fragile planet.

With an insightful and informative introduction by Harvard professor Naomi Oreskes, famed for her bestselling