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Pope Francis gave Trump 2015 encyclical on climate change
The Hill ^ | 05/24/2017 | BY REBECCA SAVRANSKY

Posted on 05/24/2017 6:42:01 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

Pope Francis on Wednesday gave President Trump a copy of his 2015 encyclical letter on the environment and climate change.

Trump responded to the gifts by saying: "Well, I'll be reading them," according to pool reports.

The Trump administration has been pushing to roll back Obama-era regulations on the environment.

Trump on Wednesday met with Pope Francis at the Vatican.

At the beginning of the meeting, the president said it was a "great honor" to be meeting with the pope.

The meeting lasted about 30 minutes. Trump said after its conclusion that it was a "fantastic meeting."

Trump in March signed an executive order to start unraveling former President Barack Obama’s Clean Power Plan. The plan would have closed hundreds of coal-fired power plants, frozen construction on new plants and replaced them with solar and wind farms.

Trump has also proposed large cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News
KEYWORDS: climatechange; encyclical; popefrancis; trumpenvironment; trumpvisit; vatican
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1 posted on 05/24/2017 6:42:01 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Still upset with Trump for fully funding NASA’s “climate science” division, even if he shuffled the deck chairs a little.


2 posted on 05/24/2017 6:44:32 AM PDT by OldGuard1
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To: SeekAndFind

This pope’s a putz.


3 posted on 05/24/2017 6:44:34 AM PDT by billorites (freepo ergo sum)
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To: SeekAndFind

News I’d like to see:

Trump gives pope Encyclicals: Divini Redemptoris and Humanae Vitae.


4 posted on 05/24/2017 6:44:48 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Acting consistently in a way that is contrary to nature results in insanity.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Trump needs to smear the pope in the same way he dissed al gore over their religion of climatology.


5 posted on 05/24/2017 6:46:18 AM PDT by Vision Thing (You see the depths of our hearts, and You love us the same...)
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To: billorites

This Pope’s a communist.


6 posted on 05/24/2017 6:48:09 AM PDT by Ancient Man
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To: SeekAndFind
Pope Francis on Wednesday gave President Trump a copy of his 2015 encyclical letter on the environment and climate change.

 

Is there some book on the history of early evil, corrupt popes? Trump out to give Francis that in return.

7 posted on 05/24/2017 6:50:31 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd
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Pope Francis on Wednesday gave President Trump a copy of his 2015 encyclical letter on the environment and climate change...


8 posted on 05/24/2017 6:51:38 AM PDT by C210N
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Trump should have given him a book.


9 posted on 05/24/2017 6:54:20 AM PDT by CriticalJ (Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress.. But then I repeat myself. MT)
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gave President Trump a copy of his 2015 encyclical letter on the environment and climate change

Trump ought to instruct pope to put it where the sun don't cause no climate change.

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10 posted on 05/24/2017 6:56:56 AM PDT by repentant_pundit (Sammy's your uncle, but he behaves like a spoiled rotten baby.)
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‘Trump responded to the gifts by saying: “Well, I’ll be reading them,” according to pool reports.’

A simple, ‘Thank you,’ would have more than sufficed.


11 posted on 05/24/2017 6:57:12 AM PDT by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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To: SeekAndFind

“Thank you for the readings, I will be recycling them ASAP.”


12 posted on 05/24/2017 6:58:33 AM PDT by GnuThere
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Catholic conservatives must be howling.


13 posted on 05/24/2017 7:02:21 AM PDT by freedomjusticeruleoflaw (Western Civilization- whisper the words, and it will disappear. So let us talk now about rebirth.)
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To: Vision Thing

You’d figure the Pope would give him a Christian-based gift. But, the old saying: is the Pope Catholic? Not so apparent now.


14 posted on 05/24/2017 7:03:01 AM PDT by WilliamCooper1
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So true. The current pope is corrupt.


15 posted on 05/24/2017 7:05:31 AM PDT by Vision Thing (You see the depths of our hearts, and You love us the same...)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Or the 95 Theses.


16 posted on 05/24/2017 7:06:09 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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I would give this pope a book on:

1. Issues with priests buggering in the Catholic church
2. Sexual abuse of Catholic church parishioners
3. The evils of Communism

17 posted on 05/24/2017 7:19:29 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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What a joke. The pope, and as Catholic maybe I should say, my pope, should focus on healing souls and leave climate change to the rest of the folks. And as pope, how about teaching and practicing Catholic faith? Personally, I’ll be very happy when he retires or is ousted and replaced. Got to be one of the worst popes ever.


18 posted on 05/24/2017 7:22:32 AM PDT by Reno89519 (Drain the Swamp is not party specific. Lyn' Ted is still a liar, Good riddance to him.)
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Yes, climate science division, should be given new marching orders, else fired. Too many things are getting funded that should have stopped with Trump.


19 posted on 05/24/2017 7:23:41 AM PDT by Reno89519 (Drain the Swamp is not party specific. Lyn' Ted is still a liar, Good riddance to him.)
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Trump should have given the Pope a Koran. (same difference!)


20 posted on 05/24/2017 7:29:53 AM PDT by ThePatriotsFlag (We are getting even more than we voted for!)
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