This Pope is nuts.
The Church is far from perfect and has made many mistakes over the centuries. The gates of hell have indeed breached it on many occasions. The current Pontiff is a prime example. The Church is far from infallible and the current occupant of the throne of St. Peter is proof of this.
If he wants to get more people to join the church he’s going about it the wrong way. Turning himself into a celibate Al Gore won’t do it.
How about that papal infallibility?
The encyclical is NOT about climate change. That issue is only briefly mentioned.
“The focus of Laudato Sí’ is the human person. The central thesis is that the fallen nature of the human heart and the resulting brokenness of human relations is the cause of the crises in our lives, families, nations, and now the life-sustaining ecosystems that form our common home.
The Holy Father laments throughout the encyclical how mentalities that seek instant gratification do not take into account “effects on human dignity and the natural environment” (56). That said, the problems of our age are not the result of this or that political or economic system. Rather they are rooted in how we may corrupt those systems within a wider “culture of consumerism, which prioritizes short-term gain and private interest.” (184)
The central solution to all this is not reworked political or economic ideologies. Ultimately, the pope tells us, the answer is Jesus Christ and our relationships with Him, our neighbors, and the created order, which “is of the order of love.” (77)
The encyclical is about “the heart of man and the disorders of our age.”
More information here:
http://www.catholicworldreport.com/Blog/3964/why_i_welcome_laudato_si.aspx
Pope is a Dope.
Martin Luther was right.
He on crack?
Do any but the most radical Roman Catholics have respect for this Pope?
Please, God, use these events to tear the scales off their eyes so they can see You!
Let the Light be so bright that they walk away with confidence and go to the Truth.
Let their shackles be broken so that they run to the Savior.
Show them who You are and let their lives be transformed!
These goofballs really think this particular mundane drift in global climate will be remembered for anything more than the strange accompanying "end times" hucksterism, more akin to the middle ages.
“2525, if Man (and Woman) are still alive”
Kudos for the Zager & Evans quote!
98% of the 1250 or so IPCC scammers that were coerced by the UN vs. 31,000 other Scientists that say its a hoax.
The founder of the Weather Channel says its a hoax.
Science itself says man-made Climate Change is a hoax.
Even if I play the part of the papal advocate and pretend that AGW is real...
...the suffering of billions of people, the extreme poverty, death and loss of most of our freedoms is certainly not worth preventing the Earth to heat up another one millionth of a degree over the next 100 years or causing the ocean to raise a half an inch.
Al Gore sells carbon Credits, I'll sell you absolutions”
Paraphrase of the pope's feckless ramblings about the Climate Change Hoax.