“We need a conversation which includes everyone, since the environmental challenge we are undergoing, and its human roots, concern and affect us all” - Pope Francis.

Pontiff calls for “good and transparent governance, integral human development and a wide and just distribution” of Africa’s goods.

“We have a responsibility to pass on the beauty of nature in its integrity to future generations, and an obligation to exercise a just stewardship of the gifts we have received."

“It demonstrates to our elected representatives that protection of creation is important to us” - Bishop John McAreavey.

“It is not for us to judge people, but that doesn't mean that we should not make objective moral judgements,” Bishop Kevin Doran.

Ecuador – together with other countries bordering the Amazon – has an opportunity to become a teacher of integral ecology.

Three years would give people an opportunity to address Laudato Si’s recommendations in the local church in the first year, nationally in the second year and globally in the third year.