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U.S. President Barack Obama, left, and Jeb Bush, who is vying to be his successor, are among those who have commented on the Pope’s encyclical.

Reaction from around the world

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There are as many opinions on Pope Francis’ encyclical as there are people. Here are a few — both pro and con — from political leaders and media personalities around the world.

St. John’s Archbishop Martin Currie presides at a prayer service June 18 to introduce Pope Francis’ encyclical on the environment.

We’re all in it together

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St. John’s, Nfld. - To understand Pope Francis’ encyclical on the environment and to act on it we need everybody all together, Archbishop Martin Currie told a prayer service held to introduce Laudato Si: On Care for Our Common Home at St. Teresa’s Church June 18.

Citizens for Public Justice executive director Joe Gunn sees where faith communities have much to contribute to the environmental movement.

Francis takes fresh approach to dialogue

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OTTAWA - In Laudato Si’: On Care for Our Common Home, some informed readers see Pope Francis seeking a dialogue with the whole world while giving new insight into the relationship of human beings to creation.

Habib Alli

Pope’s respect for Islam in encyclical a Ramadan blessing

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Laudato Si’ arrived on the first day of Ramadan and it was the first papal document in history to cite a Muslim scholar and mystic as an authority — to the delight of Toronto Muslim leaders.

Here today and gone tomorrow? Not likely

Here today and gone tomorrow? Not likely

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Former British Prime Minister Harold Wilson once famously quipped, “A week is a long time in politics.” It is a truism that Pope Francis and the Vatican might well be discovering about the widespread reception of Laudato Si’: On Care for Our Common Home.

Canada and other wealthy nations are admonished in Laudato Si’ as Pope Francis stands shoulder to shoulder with the developing world.

Canada squarely in Laudato Si’ crosshairs

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The Pope’s encyclical on the environment is addressed to the entire world, but it has different messages for different parts of it.

The Pope calls for people to use spirituality to encourage more passionate concern for the planet.

Spiritual ways to a better environment

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Pope Francis is calling for an “ecological conversion” for all in his encyclical, Laudato Si’: On Care for our Common Home. The Pope calls for people to use spirituality to encourage “a more passionate concern for the protection of our world” and lists a number of practical ways to integrate this teaching in our daily lives. Below we have looked at some of the Pope’s recommendations and included some suggestions about how to integrate his teachings into our daily lives.

Montreal Archbishop Christian Lepine celebrates the 400th anniversary of the first Mass on the Island of Montreal on a birch bark canoe altar June 24. The Mass, held at St. John the Baptist Church, included a re-enactment of explorer Samuel de Champlain and two Franciscans, Frs. Denys Jamet and Joseph le Caron, who came ashore during one of his journeys to the New World

Montreal marks 400 years since Champlain’s first Mass

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MONTREAL - Montreal Archbishop Christian Lepine celebrated Mass on a birch bark canoe altar June 24 to mark the feast of St. John the Baptist while at the same time commemorating the 400th anniversary of what is widely thought to be the first Mass ever celebrated on the Island of Montreal.

The athletes’ village for the Pan Am Games, left, will be home to Fr. Eduardo Soto for the best part of the summer. The Venezuelan Jesuit will be part of the Archdiocese of Toronto’s chaplaincy team for the Pan Am and Parapan Games to be held in the city during July and August.

Chaplaincy team ready for Pan Ams

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TORONTO - Growing up in Venezuela, Fr Eduardo Soto fell in love with the Pan Am Games when his home country hosted the quadrennial event in Caracas in 1983.

Fr. Pierre Gingras, pastor of St. John the Baptist Church in Quebec City, is pictured in a late May photo. Despite being a heritage church, the archdiocese planned to close it because of dwindling membership and massive repairs.

Historic Quebec churches no longer untouchable

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QUEBEC CITY - With the decision to close one of its largest and most important churches, the Archdiocese of Quebec is sending a clear message: The future of even the most majestic churches cannot be guaranteed any more.

Despite the dangers of a country in the midst of a civil war, Fr. Art MacKinnon used his pulpit to advocate for the people who were being oppressed and imprisoned by the Dominican Republic government under dictator Rafael Trujillo.

Fr. Art MacKinnon: 50 years a martyr

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With the phone pressed to her ear memories spring to life of a man from half a life ago.

“Sure I remember him,” said Sr. Mary Jo Mazzerolle. “The day before he was killed he was in our house. He came to us to say Mass and afterwards he came to our house for supper.

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