Posted on 04/09/2020 7:02:11 AM PDT by Sir Napsalot
ROME — Pope Francis said he believes the Chinese coronavirus pandemic is “certainly nature’s response” to humanity’s failure to address the “partial catastrophes” wrought by human-induced climate change.
Asked by British journalist Austen Ivereigh whether the COVID-19 crisis is an opportunity for an “ecological conversion,” the pontiff reasserted his belief that humanity has provoked nature by not responding adequately to the climate crisis.
“There is an expression in Spanish: ‘God always forgives, we forgive sometimes, but nature never forgives,’” Francis said in the interview published Wednesday. “We did not respond to the partial catastrophes. Who now speaks of the fires in Australia, or remembers that a year and a half ago a boat could cross the North Pole because the glaciers had all melted? Who speaks now of the floods?”
“I don’t know if it is nature’s revenge, but it is certainly nature’s response,” he added.
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Wow. I’m not Catholic, I generally just ignore the pope. In the past, the pope was a good man of faith.
What in the world is going on with this pope?
This Pope has been wrong on just about everything.
Just when you think Bergoglio couldn’t be even more stupid......This may top everything.
Does he ever point to specific scripture to back up anything he says?
Except viruses don’t spread as much in warmer weather. And no evidence the virus started or spread due to climate change.
Unless you count the fact it was winter in China.
Pope Greta.
Who is Nature? Which side is she on? :)
Pope Francis wrote (in 2015) -
The earth “now cries out to us because of the harm we have inflicted on her by our irresponsible use and abuse of the goods with which God has endowed her” (i.e. Fires, earthquakes, etc. etc.)
If he had known, he could have listed virus pandemic to the list.....
born and raised catholic.
12 years catholic school - in the 50’s and 60’s.
this clown needs to stfu and die.
With aplogies to devout Catholic freepers— this Pope is an idiot. He is foolish. Sorry to attack the head of the Catholic church.
And the world is flat....This is one ignorant “pretend” pope. Not my Pope.
I’m convinced he really wanted to choose the name Peter when he was elected pope but knew of St Malachy’s prophecy and didn’t want to raise eyebrows.
“There is an expression in Spanish..”
There is an expression in English...the Pope ie full of ..it.
No apology needed, as a Catholic I couldn’t agree more. Even my 5 mass a week (pre-cv19) mother-in-law doesn’t like him.
I wish he’d just go back to praying for world peace, and shitting in the woods every now and then.
Frankie never disappoints.
Please tell me Jorge, how is a MAN-MADE virus connected in any way to your version of “nature”?
It hasn't happened yet however.
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