Top Ten Takeaways from 'Laudato Si''

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Top Ten Takeaways from 'Laudato Si''

Laudato Si

Jun 18 2015 - 6:00am | James Martin, S.J.

Mark Dave Mortiga, 7, jumps a gap in a walkway along the sea in Tacloban, Philippines, Oct. 24. Hundreds of thousands of Filipinos continued to live in tent camps or substandard housing, waiting for new housing a year after Typhoon Haiyan slammed into th e central part of the country Nov. 8, 2013.

Pope Francis’ revolutionary new encyclical calls for a “broad cultural revolution” to confront the environmental crisis. “Laudato Si” is also quite lengthy. Can it be summarized? In other words, what are the main messages, or “takeaways” of this encyclical?

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