Earth Day 2021, on Laudato Si

Image of a plant stem, with leaves. Source is here.

Nearly six years ago, Pope Francis issued his encyclical Laudato Si, on environmental care. I was blessed to join scholars and practitioners of different religious communities, and of no religions, who came together to understand how we could enter into conversation with this historic document. As we sit in the midst of a global pandemic, I am convinced that the key messages of the document, and our engagement with it, are more relevant…