Pope Francis made his strongest statements yet about climate change Wednesday, rebuking fossil fuel companies and urging countries to make an immediate transition to renewable energy.
In a new document titled “Laudate Deum,” or “Praise God,” the pope criticizes oil and gas companies for greenwashing new fossil fuel projects and calls for more ambitious efforts in the West to tackle the climate crisis. In the landmark apostolic exhortation, a form of papal writing, Francis says that “avoiding an increase of a tenth of a degree in the global temperature would already suffice to alleviate some suffering for many people.”
“Laudate Deum” is a follow-up to the pope’s 2015 encyclical on climate change, known as “Laudato Si’,” which lamented the exploitation of the planet and cast the protection of the environment as a moral imperative. When it was released, “Laudato Si’” was viewed as an extraordinary move by the head of the Catholic Church to address global warming and its consequences.
Nearly a decade later, the pope’s message has taken on new urgency.
Fucking hell. All the simple minded people in these comments who have no sense of nuance or incremental benefits… nothing will ever be perfect enough for them and they will be just as helpful for fixing the messes of our society as the ones who deny it at this rate.
Yeah it’s a little and yeah it’s late but it’s something and he can be right about this and problematic elsewhere. Not everything can be solved with the mindset of an 8 year old who thinks people are either good or evil
I think all the hate is justified. Pope has been quick to point fingers in various directions for a while now but he never moved a step to fix issues in his own yard making whole church extremely hypocritical.
If only the church had billions of dollars to fight the evils of the world like hunger, homelessness, and pedos just to name a few.
Or you had the power to publicly shame Catholic leaders and say “you can’t get into heaven until you stop sucking so bad”
it’s a case that even a broken clock ticks the right time now and then
Same could be said about his religions action on molestation.
If I didn’t know better, I’d think he was running for reelection.
I call out Pope Francis for not doing enough to stop child abuse.
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Something I struggle to understand with theistic religions: what is the place of human action in a divinely created universe besides prayer for and faith in divine intervention in any undesirable circumstance?
It strikes me that any action might require what one may call a suspension of faith, depending on the circumstances, otherwise it seems that the more rational course of action would be to submit to one’s fate, however it may be decided by their deity.
Thank you captain obvious. Now you need to focus on some of your own internal issues.
Is he the same guy who refused to condemn Russia for invasion?
Nah, I’m pretty sure he was feuding with the head of the Russian Orthodox Church over it, even called him an alter boy.
I bet Francis here has a cooler office chair than Jeff from accounting though
WTF? Is this reality? Where is the rapture? Where is the second coming? Where are the child living priests? He has absolutely no place complaining about the pace of anything until his house is in order.
Not as swift as Vatican, juggling the pedophile priests.
Oh, ok then, the pope had called it guys - time to pack it up and switch to renewables.
This bitch needs to stfu and concentrate all on the pedophiles he’s protecting. Disgusting piece of shit!
Maybe he should find a carbon neutral alternatieve for the auto da fe, too.
Rules for thee not for me. It’s always like that with big shots.
