{"id":2780,"date":"2015-09-25T16:31:42","date_gmt":"2015-09-25T23:31:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/earthministry.org\/?p=2780"},"modified":"2015-09-25T16:32:25","modified_gmt":"2015-09-25T23:32:25","slug":"pope-francis-visits-the-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/earthministry.org\/pope-francis-visits-the-usa\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Francis Visits the USA"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2789\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2789\" style=\"width: 281px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/earthministry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Pope-and-Obama-James-Jackson.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2789\" src=\"http:\/\/earthministry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Pope-and-Obama-James-Jackson-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"Pope Francis and President Obama at the White House\" width=\"281\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/earthministry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Pope-and-Obama-James-Jackson-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/earthministry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Pope-and-Obama-James-Jackson-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/earthministry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Pope-and-Obama-James-Jackson-150x120.jpg 150w, https:\/\/earthministry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Pope-and-Obama-James-Jackson.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 281px) 100vw, 281px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2789\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Credit: James Jackson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In his first ever visit to the United States of America, Pope Francis repeatedly emphasized the need to care for our common home. The Holy Father was welcomed at the White House, to the United Nations, and made history by speaking to\u00a0the US Congress.<\/p>\n<p>In each address, Pope Francis brings to life the vibrant message of <em>Laudato Si,<\/em>\u00a0his encyclical on the environment.\u00a0He directly calls “for a courageous and responsible effort to ‘redirect our steps’ (ibid., 61), and to avert the most serious effects of the environmental deterioration caused by human activity” We are grateful for the Pope’s reminder that “now is the time for courageous actions and strategies, aimed at implementing a ‘culture of care’ (ibid., 231) and ‘an integrated approach to combating poverty, restoring dignity to the excluded, and at the same time protecting nature'” (ibid., 139).<\/p>\n<p>You can read the full text of each of the Pope’s talks here:<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/earthministry.org\/pope-francis-speaks-at-the-white-house\/\">Pope Francis Speaks at the White House<\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/earthministry.org\/pope-francis-address-to-congress\/\">Pope Francis’ Address to Congress<\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/earthministry.org\/pope-francis-speaks-to-the-un\/\">Pope Francis Speech at\u00a0the United Nations<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In his first ever visit to the United States of America, Pope Francis repeatedly emphasized the need to care for our common home. 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