Posted on 11/15/2016 4:33:17 PM PST by ebb tide
The Pope wrote a message a United Nations convention on climate change
The vulnerability of the poor and of future generations to the impact of climate change creates a “serious ethical and moral responsibility to act without delay and as free as possible from political and economic pressure” to slow climate change and protect the environment, Pope Francis said.
In a written message to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change conference in Marrakech, Morocco, Pope Francis praised the 100 countries that formally joined the Paris climate agreement adopted last year, but emphasised that implementing the agreement must involve multidisciplinary cooperation and special measures of solidarity with the poor.
“Technological solutions are necessary, but not sufficient,” the Pope wrote to the conference, which was meeting from November 7-18. Governments must recognise there are “ethical and social aspects” of working for a new model of development that is sustainable and respectful of both the planet and the poor.
“The current situation of environmental degradation,” he said, is “strongly connected with human, ethical and social degradation.”
Human creativity and intelligence must be devoted to finding ways to promote development that does not harm the environment, he said. But individuals and nations also must be willing to “limit their power” in the service of a new kind of progress, which is “healthier, more human, more social and more integral, capable of putting the economy at the service of the human person, building peace and justice and saving the environment.”
Education, particularly in promoting lifestyles and styles of consumption that are more sustainable, also are needed, he said.
While news coverage of the Marrakech conference focused on questions about the challenge of moving the Paris process forward if President-elect Donald Trump withdraws US support for the agreement, Pope Francis called for the promotion of “a culture of care,” not just for the environment, “but also for our neighbors, whether they are close or far off.”
Typical ‘New World Order’ thinking.
Shut Commie Dumbass.
Pretending man-made global warming is a component is NOT.
Sell all the gold and silver in the Vatican to help pay.
Is he aware that the churches teachings on birth control and abortion are very much at odds with what the secular alarmists say is needed to stop global warming?
The world want science based upon observable truth.
The AGW nonsense is the product of the Population Control, anti-capitalist, third-world eugenics crowd.
Did it include this verse?
Gen_1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
You shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free. John 8:32. Saying the truth is “an ethical and moral obligation” Popster.
That’s Lutheran nonsense.
Sold once, it addresses a small fraction of the issue for a moment in time, and the problems persist.
Would it make you quit bashing Catholics?
Quit trying to do His job Bishop Jorge.
You ain't Him.
A person can believe in being environmentally friendly without buying into GLOBAL WARMING (or CLIMATE CHANGE or WHATEVER THEY WANT TO CALL IT).
I love the outdoors. I believe we should keep our rivers, streams, and oceans clean as best we can. That doesn’t mean I believe in global warming.
Protecting little boys from your pedophile priests is a moral and ethical obligation. How about starting there, you moron.
What a scammer that Frank.
and fossil fuels are here for PEOPLE to use. We are STEWARDS of the earth but not earth worshipers
You saw that movie too?
Peace agreements with the Russians to prevent a mass burning and a sea of glass is actually protecting the planet.
I agree completely.
We can disagree with the idea of AGW - and many accomplished climate scientists do - but still be concerned about responsible stewardship of the Earth.
The science was shown to be doctored and false.
Doesn’t anyone remember the climate Email leak that showed scientists who mostly have grants for a living were falsifying everything including their models.
Later we found out they were measuring global temperature increases by improperly by placing a third of all measurement devices over pavement which shows warmer readings which is against the rules to get readings.
These are people all over the world being paid by governments to force people to buy solar crap and to live like cave people.
How utterly ignorant is this pope? Or is he just that corrupt?
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