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David Cloutier

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BIOGRAPHY

David Cloutier, Ph.D., is professor of theology at the University of Notre Dame, with a concurrent appointment in the Mendoza School of Business. He has written foru books and over two dozen academic articles on Catholic moral theology and issues in Catholic economic and environmental ethics.

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Pope Francis I smiles and waves while wearing white papal vestments and glasses, standing in front of a brick wall at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida in Brazil.

Laudato si’

Laudato si’, papal encyclical issued by Pope Francis on May 24, 2015. It was the second encyclical of Francis’s papacy (2013–25) and his first social encyclical (i.e., it specifically addresses moral issues). Also known as “On Care for Our Common Home,” Laudato si’ (“Praise Be to You”) is the first…