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VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis urged the world's 1.4 billion Catholics to abandon the "mad pursuit" of money and instead devote themselves to their faith in a new encyclical letter, the highest form of papal teaching, released on Thursday.
The 142-page text focuses on spiritual themes, rather than calls for concrete political action.The pope's 2015 letter "Laudato Si'" urged the world to care for the environment and has been credited by some world leaders with influencing discussions ahead of the 2016 Paris Agreement.His 2020 letter "Fratelli Tutti" called for a reconsideration of economic policies in the aftermath of the global coronavirus pandemic.
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