Climate panic skepticism, right up there with racism
I wonder if our “humble” Pope questions God’s wisdom in providing the earth with abundant natural resources which mankind can use responsibly to better its condition?
If the Pontiff’s position as interpreted by the Associated Press in this story is accurate Catholics will soon be declared to be in mortal peril of losing their souls if they continue to be “climate skeptics” and don’t get on board with Francis and the other “climate change” alarmists.
Somehow I never saw Al Gore or Tom Steyer as spiritual leaders. But then there’s Francis himself…..??
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Francis and Patriarch Bartholomew I, the head of the Orthodox Christian Church, will issue a joint message to commemorate the annual “World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation” on Friday, the Associated Press reported.
In 2015, the Pope designated Sept. 1 as “a precious opportunity to renew our personal participation in this vocation as custodians of creation,” framing the preservation of the environment as a moral responsibility.
Similarly, Bartholomew—who backed Francis’ 2015 encyclical on the environment, Laudato Si—once said:
“There has never been so much turmoil on our planet, but there has never been greater opportunity for communication, cooperation and dialogue. Basic human rights such as access to water, clean air and sufficient food should be available to everyone without distinction or discrimination. We are convinced that we cannot separate our concern for human dignity, human rights or social justice from the concern for ecological preservation and sustainability.”
Pope Francis has long pressed for strong climate action. In May, during their meeting at the Vatican, the pontiff gifted President Trump a copy of the climate encyclical right as POTUS considered whether the U.S. should exit from the Paris climate agreement. Trump, a notorious climate skeptic who does not agree with Francis about the global phenomenon, apparently didn’t take the Pope’s message to heart—he controversially withdrew the U.S. from the Paris accord just a month later.
DLH
God Bless President Trump
