It was a focus of discussion and debate weeks before its release.
On Thursday, June 18, Pope Francis released "Laudato Si" ("Praise be to you"), his encyclical on the environment.
Professor of Theology Father "Bud" Grant teaches environmental ethics, serves on local and state environmental committees, writes an environmental theology column for The Catholic Messenger, and has been recognized with awards for his environmental education service.
"This is the most articulate and passionate and poetic and moving and disturbing and inspiring document I've ever read, from any encyclical," said Grant.
- Listen to Fr. Grant on Iowa Public Radio's "River to River" - Climate Change and Faith Intersect in Iowa
- Read about Fr. Grant's thoughts on the encyclical from the Quad-City Times
- Watch a national CBS report that features Fr. Grant.
- Listen to WVIK's interview of Fr. Grant: The Pope's Encyclical
- Catholic Messenger: A gift for the earth
- Pope has every right to speak on climate (Catholic Messenger)
- Fr. Grant comments on encyclical (Catholic Messenger)
- Mankind caused it, needs to fix it, Pope's climate change charges (Dispatch/Argus)
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