Posted on 09/23/2015 9:47:21 AM PDT by xzins
Jumping into the issues of the day, Pope Francis opened his visit to the United States with a strong call Wednesday for action to combat climate change, calling it a problem that “can no longer be left to a future generation.” President Barack Obama, in turn, hailed the pontiff as a moral force who is “shaking us out of our complacency” with reminders to care for the poor and the planet.
The White House mustered all the pageantry it had to offer as the pope arrived at the White House before an adoring crowd of thousands and a nation that seemingly cannot get enough of the humble pontiff who is rejuvenating American Catholicism while giving heartburn to some of its conservatives.
Speaking in a soft voice and halting English, Francis delivered a strong message against those who doubt the science of climate change, saying that the warming planet “demands on our part a serious and responsible recognition” of conditions awaiting today’s children.
It was a message sure to delight the Obama White House, and liberals in general. But the pope’s message had something for conservatives, too, with a pointed call to protect religious liberties — “one of America’s most precious possessions.”
the warming planet “demands on our part a serious and responsible recognition” of conditions awaiting today’s children.
The sun revolves around the earth.
Reformation of the Catholic Church can’t wait either.
So Francis is basically saying that God, as Creator, is not in control of the earth and all that is in it. Is that correct? Francis is denying the sovereignty of God?
Communist POS.
The Pope has missed his calling.
If he doesn’t PUBLICALLY denounce abortion and gay marriage AT THE WHITHOUSE, he’s not the leader God intended.
More concerned with this silly science than abortion, marriage, and real moral issues.
Bingo!! That is exactly he thinks!!
The Pope wants more coal mines shut down. He wants taxes raised for wealth restribution. He wants Oil drilling to stop. He wants people to quit driving cars.......
Sir, you want EVERYBODY to be POOR because that is what SOME interpret as the MOST loved and favored by God. If we are all oppressed and all the lowliest most humble folks, then God will automatically accept our souls into heaven when we die.
Pope, who will be left to “give to the needy” when all of us are needy?
I couldn’t understand anything the bumbling fool said. He sounded like a stroke victim.
From CNS:
Pope: ‘Climate Change Is a Problem We Can No Longer’ Leave to a Future Generation
By Melanie Hunter | September 23, 2015 | 11:42 AM EDT
(CNSNews.com) – During a welcoming ceremony at the White House on Wednesday, Pope Francis said “climate change is a problem” that can no longer be left to a future generation, and he praised President Barack Obama for introducing an initiative for reducing air pollution.
“Mr. President, I find it encouraging that you are introducing an initiative for reducing air pollution. Accepting the urgency, it seems clear to me also that climate change is a problem we can no longer be left to a future generation,” the pontiff said in English.
“When it comes to the care of our common home, we are living at a critical moment of history,” said Pope Francis, adding that there’s still time to make changes.
“Such change demands on our part a serious and responsible recognition, not only of the kind of the world we may be leaving to our children, but also to the millions of people living under a system which has overlooked them,” the pope said.
“To use a telling phrase of the Rev. Martin Luther King, we can say that we have defaulted on our promissory note and now is the time to honor it,” he said.
“We know by faith that the creator does not abandon us. He never forsakes,” the pope said, adding that as Christians, we must “commit ourselves to the conscious and responsible care of our common home.”
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“Mr. President, the efforts which were recently made to mend broken relationships and to open new doors to cooperation within our human family represent positive steps along the path of reconciliation, justice, and freedom,” Pope Francis said.
“I would like all men and women of goodwill in this great nation to support the efforts of the international community to protect the vulnerable in our world and to stimulate integral and inclusive models of development so that our brother and sisters everywhere may know the blessings of peace and prosperity with goodwill for all his children,” he added.
If climate change is the vehicle used by leftists to extract money and political power and establish a new order, then climate change, and the Pope’s advocacy of it, all makes sense.
Climate Change Pushers are just RE-DISTRIBUTIONISTS!!! Either Marxists, Socialists or Communists.....all KILLERS!
A lot of those children won’t survive in the womb you....
arrrrrrrrrrgggggggggg.........
I have heard that it is fair to question the faith of Jesuits, many of whom have gone after philosophy to the exclusion of Christianity.
Climate Change: When people won’t buy your snake oil, so you pull a gun and take their money anyway.
Zero mention of Jesus in his entire White House presentation. Stunning.
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