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Laudate Deum (Praise God) is an apostolic exhortation by Pope Francis, published on October 4, 2023.[1] The text is divided into 73 paragraphs. Pope Francis calls for speedier action against the climate crisis and condemns climate change denial. It is Pope Francis' sixth apostolic exhortation. Eight years after Laudato si’, and based on the reflections and events of this time, the Pope reiterates and further develops the themes from his second encyclical in which he expressed his “heartfelt concerns about the care of our common home”. A decision taken because, he says, “I have realised that our responses have not been adequate, while the world in which we live is collapsing and may be nearing the breaking point.”
 
The Pope does not fail to repeatedly emphasise how the poor and the most vulnerable suffer most from the consequences of climate change, even though they are less responsible for it.
 
Laudato si' (Praise Be to You) is the second encyclical of Pope Francis. The encyclical has the subtitle "on care for our common home". In it, the pope critiques consumerism and irresponsible development, laments environmental degradation and global warming, and calls all people of the world to take "swift and unified global action." 
 
Author: Pope Francis
Publisher: Claretian Publications
Pages: 218
Publication Date: 2023
No. 2662200004