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ROME — Pope Francis has doubled down in his personal war on fossil fuels while condemning “extreme practices” such as fracking. It is time world leaders to “listen to science and institute a rapid and equitable transition to end the era of fossil fuel,” the pontiff urges in his message for the Feast of Creation, to be celebrated on September 1. It is “absurd to permit the continued exploration and expansion of fossil fuel infrastructures,” he insists. “Let us raise our voices to halt this injustice towards the poor and towards our children, who will bear the worst effects of...

[Catholic Caucus] Pope Francis is subverting faith to the all-consuming ideology of ‘climate change’The priority of Pope Francis appears clear: faith and the practice of religion must always remain subservient to the ideology of climate change rhetoric.VATICAN CITY (LifeSiteNews) –– A leading Vatican cardinal has highlighted the current inversion of priorities at the Vatican, positing religion at the service of measures to tackle “climate change” in a recent address.For many years, one of the central themes of Pope Francis’ has been issuing firm warnings about impending catastrophes if action is not taken on matters of the climate. Such arguments have...

EarthBeat Weekly: How can ordinary Catholics live out Laudato Si'?"So what can ordinary Catholics do about climate change?"That's a question that pops into the EarthBeat inbox from time to time. Environmental issues, especially climate change, often appear so overwhelming that our own actions seem insignificant.But they're not. In his 2015 encyclical "Laudato Si', on Care for Our Common Home," Pope Francis made it clear that slowing global warming requires systemic change, but it will also take the efforts of all of us to care for our common home.When I asked recently what issues our readers would like to see more...

Pope Francis pledges zero CO2 by 2050 at pro-abortion UN climate conferenceThe pope joined pro–population control world leaders including U.N. secretary general António Guterres and Indian prime minister Narendra Modi in a video conference commemorating the Paris Climate Accord.VATICAN CITY, December 14, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — “The moment has come for a change of direction,” Pope Francis urged the world in a video to the U.N. virtual Climate Ambition summit on Saturday, before begging viewers not to “rob the new generations of their hope in a better future.” The summit, attended by numerous state leaders, was held to mark five years...

Pope Francis calls for 'integral ecology' in TED Climate Countdown video CNA).- Pope Francis sent a video message to the TED Countdown summit on climate change Saturday explaining how a more “integral ecology” can help the poor.“Science tells us, with more precision every day, that urgent action is needed - and I am not exaggerating, this is what the science says - if we are to have any hope of avoiding radical and catastrophic climate change. And for this we must act now. This is a scientific fact,” Pope Francis said in the video posted online Oct. 10.“Conscience tells us...

[Barf Alert] Pope Francis: Climate Change Is Causing ‘Poverty and Hunger’ ROME — Pope Francis said Saturday that it is “evident” climate change is to blame for a number of humanity’s social ills, as well as disrupting the balance of nature. “It is evident that climate change not only upsets the balance of nature, but causes poverty and hunger, affects the most vulnerable, and sometimes forces them to leave their land,” the pope told a group gathered in the Vatican on Saturday.As he has done on other occasions, Francis insisted on the relationship between environmental responsibility and social justice.“Neglect of...

Pope Binges on Bible ‘Bingo’ Francis accused of repeatedly contradicting Scripture VATICAN CITY (ChurchMilitant.com) - Pope Francis is facing a mounting backlash from clerics, commentators and laity for directly contradicting Scripture to buttress his ideological agenda.Francis turns the Tower of Babel on its head The pontiff's September addresses promoting his "Season of Creation" cite biblical texts but interpret them to mean precisely the opposite of the "literal sense" of the texts quoted, as defined by the Pontifical Biblical Commission's principles of interpretation. Pundits also charge the pontiff with peddling the "defunct eco-fascist" theories of 18th-century population doomsayer Thomas Robert Malthus and 20th-century anti-Christian historian Lynn...

The Malthusian Pope He uses Covid to call for anti-growth policies. Most popes urge austerity as a means of saving one’s soul. Pope Francis urges it for a different reason: to save the planet. The pope’s one-sided treatment of technology, free markets, and consumerism is astonishing. In keeping with that temporal focus, he called this last week for humans to adopt “simpler” lifestyles not for reasons of spirituality but out of “respect” for the earth: We also need once more to listen to the land itself, which Scripture calls adamah, the soil from which man, Adam, was made. Today we...

Vatican’s COVID-19 Commission echoes globalist environmental concerns, sidelines sacraments Such pacifist talk looks pretty from the outside, but it is reminiscent of the disarmament movement during the Cold War. July 17, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — The Vatican is adding its voice to that of globalist institutions such as the United Nations and the World Economic Forum in view of “collective action” for the rebuilding of society — or rather, the building of a new society with many utopian undertones. The U.N. and the Davos WEF, together with Prince Charles of England, recently announced global reflections that will lead to a “Global Reset”...