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LAUDATE DEUM ACTION PLEDGE
"The world in which we live is collapsing and may be nearing the breaking point” (LD 2)

In Laudate Deum, Pope Francis calls “all people of good will” to take action on the climate crisis and “move beyond the mentality of appearing to be concerned but not having the courage needed to produce substantial changes.” (LD 56) He particularly calls on us in the United States to make personal changes to our consumerist lifestyles, reduce our fossil fuel use, and to also advocate for systemic actions to address the climate crisis.

If you are a member of the Catholic community in the United States, we invite you to take a pledge of action with us today to respond directly to Pope Francis’ call for change (personal, within the Church, and wider systemic change). Together we can courageously commit to specific actions that will produce a much needed culture shift and produce a better future for our common home.

We also ask you to share this pledge with friends, family, and others in your community. We will share your actions and commitments with Pope Francis, and with the wider community, to strengthen our resolve to care for our common home, our neighbors, our future, and God’s gift of creation - together.

Please choose (mark each with a YES or NO) as many actions as you wish and then submit the form. You will receive an auto-responder with links to information to help you take your actions.
We will compile all actions and commitments and present them to the Vatican as tangible evidence of the U.S. Catholic community leading the change that is needed!

Dear Pope Francis, in response to your call for urgent climate action in Laudate Deum, I commit to these actions:

Personal/Family Actions:

Reduce my (and family‘s) meat consumption

Yes No

Reduce my (and family’s) food waste

Yes No

Reduce my fossil fuel use in my home

Yes No

Reduce my fossil fuel use through travel

Yes No

Advocate public policies that support clean energy

Yes No

Pray for our common home and all who defend it

Yes No

Advocate for change within the U.S. Catholic Church:
(You can email a letter to your pastor encouraging him to speak about the climate crisis from the pulpit - a sample letter will be provided.)

Email my pastor about the climate crisis & ask for a homily

Yes No

Form a (or join existing) Creation Care Team in my community

Yes No

Advocate for change at national/global level (systemic change):
Catholic Climate Covenant has endorsed the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty (a needed mechanism for the world to manage a global just transition away from coal, oil and gas). We invite you to endorse it as an individual and/or as a faith community.

(The auto-responder will include more information on both the FFNP Treaty and the Encounter campaign)

Endorse the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty

Yes No

Join Encounter Campaign (A Catholic advocacy campaign)

Yes No

Share other action(s) that you are committing to take:

Please fill out the information below. Please note that the "Laudate Deum Action Pledge" is intended for the U.S. Catholic community.

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SUBMIT

Thank you! You will receive an email shortly with information and links to help you take these actions!

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DONATE

Thank you for committing to take climate action! You will receive an email with information and links to help you implement the actions you have committed to take.

If you have questions, please contact Paz Artaza-Regan (Paz@CatholicClimateCovenant.org)

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LAUDATE DEUM ACTION PLEDGE "The world in which we live is collapsing and may be nearing the breaking point” (LD 2)

Thank you for committing to take climate action! You will receive an email with information and links to help you implement the actions you have committed to take. If you have questions, please contact Paz Artaza-Regan (Paz@CatholicClimateCovenant.org)

LAUDATE DEUM ACTION PLEDGE
"The world in which we live is collapsing and may be nearing the breaking point” (LD 2)

Thank you for committing to take climate action! You will receive an email with information and links to help you implement the actions you have committed to take.

If you have questions, please contact Paz Artaza-Regan (Paz@CatholicClimateCovenant.org)