Donald Trump announced his presidential run in 2015, igniting controversy with remarks towards various groups. Shortly after, Pope Francis released the encyclical Laudato Si, which highlighted climate urgency and its connection to poverty. Though not aimed at Trump, the document urged Catholics to recognize the plight of the poor affected by climate change. A decade later, reflecting on Francis’ death, his discourse on environmental issues, especially how rising temperatures impact impoverished populations, proves increasingly relevant. Church teachings on caring for the vulnerable resonate today, underscoring the ongoing climate crisis and its human consequences.
Looking out for society's most vulnerable was a theme of Francis' papacy, informed by his Latin American roots and expressed through his choice of a namesake, St. Francis of Assisi.
In Laudato Si, the pope lamented the pain of climate migrants who are forced to leave their homes, with great uncertainty for their future and that of their children.
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