Pope Francis’s intervention in the climate debate puts him on collision course with global elites.
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By equating human rights to the protection of nature, the pope’s encyclical opens up an international debate with broad political implications.
For people who take the Bible seriously – not only Catholics – the pope’s encyclical on climate change and the environment will change minds.
The long-awaited papal encyclical on the environment could have a significant influence on conservative politics around the world.
The pope’s encyclical turns climate change into a moral discussion by focusing on the disproportionate impact of climate change on poor countries and regions.
Today Australia woke up to its first Latin American and Jesuit pope. Although apparently being second choice behind the former pope Benedict when he was elected in 2005, Pope Francis I was seen as an outside…
This morning, Australian Catholics awoke to the news that black smoke billowed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel. The seat remains vacant, there is no Pope. By now many of us will have learned through…
Not a day goes by without further allegations of rape and sexual abuse being made against the Catholic Church. The vast majority of accusations relate to abuse perpetrated outside the Vatican’s walls…
In his first message on becoming Pope, Benedict XVI said the impelling duty of the successor of Peter was “to work tirelessly to rebuild the full and visible unity of all Christ’s followers”. “Concrete…
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Holcim (US) Professor of Sustainable Enterprise, Ross School of Business, School for Environment & Sustainability, University of Michigan
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Assistant Professor in the History of Catholicism, Durham University
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Programme Director, The Europaeum, University of Oxford
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Professor of Environmental Studies, Affiliate Faculty in Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara
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Associate Lecturer, University of Notre Dame Australia
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Distinguished Professor Emerita, Oregon State University
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PhD Candidate, International Criminal Law, The University of Melbourne
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Professor in Organisation & Sustainability, University of Exeter
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PhD Candidate and Sessional Lecturer - Public International Law, The University of Melbourne