I just skimmed through close to two-hundred pages of Pope Francis’ encyclical on climate change in Italian, which was leaked earlier today to the chagrin of the Vatican, and I am disappointed that he has nothing to say about disaster management on the community level, which strikes me as the only way forward at this point in time (“Ten Principles of Disaster Management,” January 19, 2015). To my surprise, the pope still believes that the global disaster can be averted, and he is thus calling for concerted global action irrespective of religion. The encyclical skips an article or two I hoped to find in it concerning the rôle of the church in disaster management on the community level. Alas, the pope and I are not on the same page for the time being. I can only hope that he or his successor will amend the encyclical in the fullness of time in line with my principles. In good part of Europe, as well as in the Americas and parts of other continents, the church can be of great help on the community level in alleviating disasters, which cannot but grow in intensity in the years to come. Qui tacet, consentire videtur.