Posted on 09/23/2015 3:40:26 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
WASHINGTON - Pope Francis on Wednesday urged the United States to help tackle climate change and touched on other divisive U.S. political issues such as immigration and economic inequality on his first visit to the world's richest nation.
In a speech on the White House South Lawn on the first full day of his U.S. trip, the Argentine pontiff lauded President Barack Obama's efforts to reduce air pollution, months after Francis made the environment one of his top concerns by issuing a landmark encyclical letter to the church.
"It seems clear to me also that climate change is a problem which can no longer be left to a future generation. When it comes to the care of our common home, we are living at a critical moment of history," the pope said at a welcoming ceremony.
In an era of renewed racial tensions in the country, the 78-year-old pope invoked America's best-known civil rights leader, the late Reverend Martin Luther King Jr., to make points about the environment and equality.
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You can scream at the wind all you want, but you wont change the weather!
The Pope is a real jackass.
In all due respect to the Pontiff, he better start to get down to brass tacks, so to speak, and start preaching Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior.
Otherwise, he may end up experiencing what Matthew wrote of Jesus’ words in Matt 7: 21-23.
Totally bizarre.
What, no mention of butchering the unborn?
For any Catholics who are starting to feel like Martin Luther, you’re all invited to join one of the Protestant caucuses.
Yes, lets bury the next generation even deeper in debt.
But, hey, the earth may be 1/2 a degree cooler in a hundred years.
A waste of breath ......If he wants to REALLY make a world impact , take on the whole sale murder of Christians by ISIS .... But that would take courage !!
Liberals only advocate separation of church and state when religion compels people to stand against the state.
When a religious figure supports the state, the wall comes tumbling down.
The entire world is listening, and instead of sharing the good news of the Lord Jesus Christ, the best he can come up with is, “Hot enough for ya?”
I’m Lutheran and again I disagree
We are fighting it, because it is a fraud, Popey!!
The War On Climate Change is much more important than the genocide of Christians by muslims throughout the mideast and Africa.
What are a measly few thousand lopped off Christian heads compared to the importance of selling a few billion dollars worth of carbon credits?
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No kidding. That Pope is a complete A-hole. He is worried about climate change and capitalism but has not one word to say about butchering and selling unborn children?
He is a complete A-hole. No apologies to his supporters. Dont bother messaging me if you support him. What a friggin joke!
Lets see... Procreate. Pray - without ceasing! Watch. Test the spirits. Spread the Gospel. Boast not. Study. Love the Lord with all one’s heart and soul and strength and mind. Love my neighbor as myself.
Hmm. Not seeing anything about climate change. Is that related to the sun’s orbit of the earth, perhaps?
We need to fight for Fatholic Church Change, at least at the Papal Level
We need to fight for Fatholic Church Change, at least at the Papal Level
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