World Ocean Radio 4/23/25: Pope Francis and the Ocean, Laudato Si Revisited

WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives · Apr 23, 2025 · 5m

Host: Peter Neill Producer: Trisha Badger ABOUT THIS EPISODE Pope Francis, outspoken voice for climate and the environment, passed away on Monday, April 21st. Throughout his reign as leader of the Catholic Church, he was very clear in his views on climate change as a real factor in today’s world, and expressed that we must understand and respond to these problems for our future survival. In 2015, Pope Francis issued a papal encyclical entitled “Laudato Si–on Care of our Common Home” in which he addressed the moral imperative to steward our…