

“Our mission is to bring ‘Laudato Si’’ to life,” Insua explained in his presentation to CCF at its St. Paul headquarters. It is his hope “that this beautiful document from the pope doesn’t remain just a document, but we really live it.”
Pope Francis visited the Philippines in January 2015 and released Laudato Si’ later that year. Insua said he thinks the pope’s trip may have inspired and informed the encyclical, which was published in June 2015.
“Laudato Si’” marks the “first time ever in two millennia that the Church has an encyclical letter on ecology,” Insua noted. “That illustrates the level of importance that our pope gives to the issue.” source : https://thecatholicspirit.com/news/local-news/heres-to-laudato-si-climate-activist-touts-popes-message-in-twin-cities/