Posted on 12/08/2015 3:32:37 PM PST by HomerBohn
LE BOURGET, France (AP) -- If international climate talks really stall, don't be surprised if there might be an ever-so-slight intervention by Pope Francis.
Cardinal Peter Turkson, president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace who helped draft the pope's June encyclical on global warming, said the pontiff has "deep trust" that negotiators in Paris will get the job done. But just in case they don't, the pope might possibly send a gentle message, he said.
"If it gets to a stalemate or whatever, he may utter a statement or make a comment or whatever, but he will refrain from exercising any coercive power on the things over here, because that would not belong to his style," Turkson told The Associated Press after a press conference by Vatican officials Tuesday at the Paris climate talks.
If the pope did intervene with a gentle statement if negotiations bog down, it would "show the gravity of the situation and highlight what's at stake," said Jennifer Morgan, global climate program director for the World Resources Institute.
Joe Ware, a protestant spokesman for Christian Aid, welcomed the remark, saying such action "would just give that final nudge to the negotiations."
There appeared to be no need for that just yet at the talks, where government ministers wrapped up Tuesday's session with no signs of the animosity that have plagued negotiations in the past. French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said a new draft agreement would be prepared by 1 p.m. (1200 GMT) Wednesday, reflecting the progress made so far. That would leave two days for ministers to work out the most difficult issues, like how to spell out who should do what.
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He has a photo of Che above his bed.
The Pope should stick to his knitting.
“...the Pope might intervene...”
Do they mean like Moses at the Red Sea?
What, he is going to invite more islam filth to move into the Vatican?
There’s a reason the Founding Fathers wanted to keep Catholics out.
There’s a reason.., glaring apparent!
That’s what I was thinking too. Maybe he’ll make it snow?
Christians are being slaughtered throughout Muslim controlled areas and subject to ethnic cleansing and he is worried about the changed of weather seasons.
The Pope will switch to Solar Candles
He has a photo of Che above his behead.
The Pope gives the term “hot air mass” a whole new meaning.
Q. Is the Pope Catholic?
A. No, he’s a Jesuit.
Follow the money. So I wonder what Popeye’s angle is?
D1: If climate talks stall, pope may gently refrain from passing wind...
Pope Francis or Pope Algore?
Follow the money. You have to wonder about the relationship of the
“ the church” to the international banker cabal.
How disgusted would even the most atheistic secularist be if they learned of the satanic and evil ways “ the money” manipulates the believers?
Putting words in the pope’s mouth again, like they will.
Funny how the Liberals luv this pope, eh?
OK!! Everybody pay attention!
Lesson for today:
1. The sun is 1,300,000 times as big as the earth.
2. The sun is a ball of fire that controls the climates of all its planets.
3. The earth is one of the sun’s planets.
4. The earth is a speck in comparison to the size of the sun.
5. Inhabitants of the earth are less than specks.
Study Question: How do less-than-specks in congress plan to control the sun?
Oh, stop.
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