Pope Francis’ encyclical on the environment has reverberated around the world. Here we bring together a range of responses ranging from Michael McCarthy, a specialist writer on the environment who rejoices in the encyclical’s emphasis on the stewardship of Creation, Leonardo Boff, a liberation theologian who explains his contribution to the document, and a free-market economist, Philip Booth, who is critical of many of the Pope’s ideas. But first Nicholas Stern, one of the world’s foremost environmental scientists, gives his view Francis’ eagerly awaited encyclical subtitled “Care for Our Common Home” shows deep scholarship as well as great wisdom both in recognising the scale of risks humanity faces from environmental degradation, and in identif