The Laudato Sí Action Platform “is a journey to realise the integral ecological vision of Laudato Sí… a journey towards total sustainability in the spirit of the integral ecology,” says Salesian Father Josh Kureethadam of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development.

One group that seems to be forgotten in climate discussions is the indigenous people living in and surviving on the Amazon rainforest.

A total of 110 countries, including The European Union, Japan, the United Kingdom, and China have already joined the coalition.

Cardinal Michael Czerny is urging “ecological conversion” in keeping with Pope Francis’s encyclical letter, Laudato si’

However, it is expected to take several years to accomplish

The Church cannot become just another branch of the liberal commentariat

Charles Moore said he was glad Pope Francis had been elected, but that the Pontiff may be causing confusion

The Vatican said the talks focused on the need for the international community to combat poverty, hunger, terrorism and climate change