What is the english name of the encyclical which was written by the Bishop of Rome and the sovereign of Vatican City?
Laudato si' Laudato si' (Medieval Central Italian for "Praise be to you") is the second encyclical of Pope Francis. The encyclical has the subtitle "On Care For Our Common Home". In it, the Pope critiques consumerism and irresponsible development, laments environmental degradation and global warming, and calls all people of the world to take "swift and unified global action".
Vicar of Christ Vicar of Christ (from Latin "Vicarius Christi") is the term used in different ways, with different theological connotations throughout history. As the original notion a vicar is of "earthly representative of Christ" but also used in sense of "person acting as parish priest in place of a real person" The title is now used in Catholicism to refer to the bishops and more specifically to the Bishop of Rome (the pope).