Before revision: Pope Francis, in his encyclical letter Laudato si' , notes that "an obsession with denying any pre-eminence to the human person" endangers the concern which should be shown to protecting and upholding the welfare of all people, which he argues should rank alongside the "care for our common home" which is the subject of his letter.Pope Francis (2015), Laudato si', paragraph 90 , accessed 28 December 2023 ]
After revision: Pope Francis, in his encyclical letter Laudato si' , notes that "an obsession with denying any pre-eminence to the human person" endangers the concern which should be shown to protecting and upholding the welfare of all people, which he argues should rank alongside the "care for our common home" which is the subject of his letter.Pope Francis (2015), Laudato si', published 24 May 20152015In the same text he acknowledges that "a mistaken understanding" of Christian belief "has at times led us to justify mistreating nature, to exercise tyranny over creation": in such actions, Christian believers have "notbeenfaithful to the treasures of wisdom which we have been called to protect and preserve. , accessed 28 December 2023 ]