bs2> the Pope's long-awaited #encyclical on climate change and global warning and their effects on soil, water and all the creatures, including humans, whose survival depends on a healthy and sustainable planet, was released. He sounded quite a lot like the Latin American ecofeminist #IvonGabera, when he said "the worldwide disruption of the physical climate system and the loss of millions of species that sustain life are the grossest manifestations of unsustainability."
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/face-to-face-with-pope-fr_b_8208534
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/face-to-face-with-pope-fr_b_8208534
Face-to-Face with Pope Francis
Although he still ends most encounters with the petition, "Pray for me," he is smiling and radiant. In accepting the heavy cargo that is the papacy, with all of its entanglements, intrigues, risks and dangers, and its daily uncertainties, Pope Francis is calm and reassuring.