The Josias Podcast Episode XL: Laudate Deum

December 23, 2023

The Josias Podcast Episode XL: Laudate Deum

Fr. Jon Tveit and Amanda are joined by Gideon Lazar for a conversation on Pope Francis’ Laudate Deum and a Catholic approach to environmentalism.

You may follow Gideon on (the website formerly known as) Twitter, @ByzCat.

Bibliography

Pope Francis, Laudate Deum
Pope Francis, Laudato si’
USCCB, “Global Climate Change” (January 2016)
Gideon Lazar, “Ecology and the Theology of Creation” (The Josias)
Br. Anthony Maria Akerman, O.P., “Reading Laudate Deum in Context” (The Josias)
Pater Edmund Waldstein, “A Magnificent, a Wonderful Encyclical”

Header Image: George Inness, The Old Mill (1849)

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