Encyclical on Climate Change and Inequality

August 3, 2015 By John E. Riutta in Newly Noted Books Tags: book, change, climate, conservation, encyclical, environment, francis, house, melville, News, pope

To say that Pope Francis’ Encyclical on Climate Change and Inequality; On Care for Our Common Home was shocking to many would be as remarkable an understatement as his words were a breath of fresh air to many others who had never expected such a dramatic message of environmental conservation to come from such a place of global power as the pontificate of the Roman Catholic Church. Yet that is precisely what happened.

I downloaded the complete document on the day it was officially released to the public, but as my readers well know, I don’t care for reading long documents on electronic screens. Needless to say, I sincerely hoped that a publisher would bring out a printed version; and with the news that Melville House was doing so, my hopes are about to be very happily realized.

John E. Riutta

Founder and publisher of The Well-read Naturalist. Inveterate autodidact. Has repeatedly been found out standing in many fields. Plays well with otters.

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