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Pope Francis, in his encyclical Laudato si' (Praise be to you) of May 2015, used the highest level of papal teaching to draw attention to "our sin" of destroying the natural environment. In it, Francis called for a "broad cultural revolution" among all peoples to confront the environmental crisis.
The stamp is dedicated to the pastoral visit of Francis to Azerbaijan on 2 October 2016. Pope Francis upheld the Second Vatican Council's tradition by promoting ecumenism with other Christian denominations, encouraging dialogue with other religions, and supporting peace with secular individuals.
Pope Francis notably cited solely himself on the 2018 revision of the Catechism. The teaching is regarded as merely authentic, [43] thus lacking a level of magisterium and degree of certitude that would imply infallibility.
Pope Francis, surrounded by the shells of destroyed churches, leads a prayer for the victims of war at Hosh al-Bieaa Church Square, in Mosul, Iraq, once the de-facto capital of ISIS, on March 7, 2021.
The paragraph dealing with the death penalty (2267) was revised again by Pope Francis in 2018. The text previously stated (1997): [ 29 ] Assuming that the guilty party's identity and responsibility have been fully determined, the traditional teaching of the Church does not exclude recourse to the death penalty, if this is the only possible way ...
In 2018, Pope Francis amended the catechism to oppose all uses of the death penalty in the modern world (but not calling it intrinsically evil). Believing that men and women are made in the image and likeness of God, [87] Catholic doctrine teaches respect for all humans based on an inherent dignity. According to John Paul II, every human person ...
Pope Francis celebrates the 10th anniversary of his election Monday, far outpacing the “two or three” years he once envisioned for his papacy and showing no signs of slowing down. On the ...
"Pope Francis' call for pastoral dialogue in his 2013 encyclical [sic] Evangelii Gaudium ('The Joy of the Gospel'), which he amplified in his 2019 apostolic exhortation on young people, Christus Vivit, inspired the synodal approach of the National Dialogue, which began at the USCCB Convocation of Catholic Leaders in 2017." This dialogue lasted ...