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## ["Laudato Si'" and Environmental Works of Mercy](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/essays/2016/05/02/laudato-si-and-environmental-works-of-mercy)

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I am going to start at the section of [Pope Francis’ encyclical *Laudato Si’*](http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/papa-francesco_20150524_enciclica-laudato-si.html) that I found most troubling and work up from there. I must say that since there are a lot of troubling sections, it was hard to choose, but that being said, here is my pick:

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