Time to Tackle Global Warming Running Out, Pope Tells Climate Summit

Catholic Register (Catholic News Service) ^ | December 12, 2014 00:16 GMT | Carol Glatz

[Up Yours Marxists]

VATICAN CITY - Tackling the problem of climate change is a serious ethical and moral responsibility, Pope Francis told negotiators from around the world meeting for a climate summit in Lima, Peru.

"The time to find global solutions is running out. We can find adequate solutions only if we act together and unanimously," he said in a written message to Manuel Pulgar-Vidal, Peru's minister of the environment and host president of the 20th UN Climate Change Conference.

Thousands of negotiators from 195 countries gathered for the meeting in Lima Dec. 1-12 to hammer out details of a new international agreement to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases that cause global warming.

The Vatican released a copy of the Pope's message Dec. 11.

The Pope encouraged the leaders in their discussions because their decisions will "affect all of humanity, especially the poorest and future generations. What's more, it represents a serious ethical and moral responsibility."

The impact climate change already has been having on coastal regions and other areas "reminds us of the seriousness of negligence and inaction," he said. It is morally imperative that people act.

"An effective fight against global warming will be possible only with a collective and responsible answer" that overcomes one-sided or special interests and is "free from political and economic influence," he said.

The Pope said the leaders' response will have to "overcome distrust; promote a culture of solidarity, encounter and dialogue; and be capable of showing responsibility for protecting the planet and the human family."

[a fool in paradise]

Did Pope Al Gore say this or that other guy?

[dforest]

Pobama.

[Opinionated Blowhard]

Un-freakin believable. The man does not know when to shut up. Global Warming is a lie to advance the Evil of Socialism. If this idiot Pope doesn’t understand that, he needs to retire.

[Steely Tom]

“Obviously the Earth will soon be a Burning Ball Of Fire.”

[Veggie Todd]

Can a pope be impeached?

[Crazieman]

Maybe he was mistranslated again...

[libbylu]

He doesn’t have much faith in his creator does he?

[scripter]

Apparently this Pope is out of the loop on the facts of so-called climate change.

[Popman]

I wonder when the die hard defenders of this Pope on FR will get a clue...

I argue about the RC doctrines, but this Pope is an outright socialist...

[abclily]

Is this satire?

[abclily]

How absolutely IGNORANT is this pope????

[Excellence]

Surely these are the last days.

[hal ogen]

Dear Pope: There is no global warming; however there is GLOBULL warming.

[steve86]

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[clearcarbon]

"Tackling the problem of climate change is a serious ethical and moral responsibility,"

Land and sea plant life remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Are they considered immoral, unethical and irresponsible for causing global cooling?

[Shadow44]

No. But you could always declare him an Antipope and have him deposed.

Been a while since that happened.

[Steve_Seattle]

"An effective fight against global warming will be possible only with a collective and responsible answer" that overcomes one-sided or special interests and is "free from political and economic influence," he said"

An absurd comment. A world-wide effort to stop "global warming" would require massive political coordination, probably of a near-totalitarian sort, and would have a tremendous impact on the world economy and on the economies of individual countries. His comment is like saying, "We need to eradicate cancer free from any medical or scientific influence."

[Up Yours Marxists]

“Can a pope be impeached?”

That’s a big negatory. “Papal infallibility”.

[Fantasywriter]

That was a stellar analogy.

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