Both prayers and economic assistance, Pope Francis stressed, are needed to ameliorate the ongoing humanitarian catastrophes in Syria, Yemen and Lebanon.

“The coronavirus crisis has highlighted the need to ensure the necessary protection for refugees.”

“You have been one of the pillars of the whole country,” the pope said in his first public audience since lockdown.

The text seeks “to relaunch the rich contents” of an encyclical still relevant today and even more so in the light of a world hit by the Covid-19 pandemic.

On this episode of “Inside the Vatican,” the hosts discuss why the Vatican has remained quiet in response to Archbishop Viganò and whether that is likely to change following President Trump’s endorsement.

On this episode of Inside the Vatican, host Colleen Dulle speaks with two Princeton University doctoral candidates in sociology who recently released a paper studying the impact of “Laudato Si’.”