“My name is Arouna Kandé,” says the young man from Senegal. “I am a climate refugee.” This brief introduction appears near the start of “The Letter: A Message for our Earth.” This 2022 Vatican-produced documentary is about “Laudato Si’” — the encyclical from Pope Francis sounding the alarm about climate change.
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