How St. Francis Influenced Pope Francis' Laudato Si
The article examines the papal encyclical "Laudato Si" by Pope Francis and specifically the influence of Saint Francis of Assissi on the encyclical. A brief profile of Pope Francis is provided who was elected as the 266th successor of Saint Peter in the Catholic Church in 2013. Also discus...
| Published in: | Cross currents |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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The University of North Carolina Press
2016
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Cross currents
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Franz, von Assisi, Heiliger 1182-1226
/ Catholic church, Pope (2013- : Franziskus), Verfasserschaft1, Laudato si'
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| RelBib Classification: | KCB Papacy KDB Roman Catholic Church NCG Environmental ethics; Creation ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
Francis, of Assisi, Saint, 1182-1226
B LAUDATO si' (Papal encyclical) B PAPAL encyclicals B Papal Documents B Catholic Church B Francis, Pope, 1936- |
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| Summary: | The article examines the papal encyclical "Laudato Si" by Pope Francis and specifically the influence of Saint Francis of Assissi on the encyclical. A brief profile of Pope Francis is provided who was elected as the 266th successor of Saint Peter in the Catholic Church in 2013. Also discussed are the factors that led the pope to chose Francis as his papal name, the pope as a contemporary model of Saint Francis, and Saint Francis as the patron saint of ecology. |
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| ISSN: | 1939-3881 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Cross currents
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/cros.12170 |