What role will Pope Leo XIV play in the future of Laudato Si’ ecological action?

After his general audience on a sunny late-May morning, Pope Leo XIV met with pilgrims in St. Peter's Square and was presented with a simple gift: a photo album.

The scrapbook, from members of the Laudato Si' Movement, captured a series of moments from the past decade of the work undertaken by the lay-led global Catholic network to live out Pope Francis' calls for ecological conversion and action in his encyclical “Laudato Si', on Care for Our Common Home.”

The brief encounter was symbolic as much as celebratory, as the next phase in the life of the decade-old papal letter on ecology will not be defined by Francis, but instead will rely on others across the Catholic Church, including Leo.

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