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Pope Leo says ‘religious faith’ can help fight ‘climate change’ at global conference
LifeSite News ^ | June 16, 2026 | Antonio Cambria

Posted on 06/16/2026 5:11:08 PM PDT by ebb tide

Pope Leo says ‘religious faith’ can help fight ‘climate change’ at global conference

Pope Leo addressed Arnold Schwarzenegger's Austrian World Summit in a video message, saying that ‘the religious dimension is in fact essential’ to dealing with ‘climate change.’

Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday sent a video message to Arnold Schwarzenegger’s 2026 Austrian World Summit, calling for people of various faiths throughout the world to increase their “care for creation” and work towards a society rooted in “solidarity and human dignity.”

In his June 16 remarks to the Summit, citing Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato Si’, Leo referred to the care for the environment as an essential moral issue for Catholics and members of other faiths alike to work towards. The pontiff, citing the 2025 UN Climate Conference COP30, also called on all people to work towards creating a society in which “the common good takes precedence over profit.”

“While to some, faith may seem to have little to contribute to questions of climate change and environmental protection, the religious dimension is in fact essential to address these issues adequately. Those who believe that our world was created by God and is inherently good are compelled to assume an even greater responsibility to care for creation, since this is the requirement of their faith,” the pontiff said.

“Living our vocation to be protectors of God’s handiwork is essential to a life of virtue; it is not an optional or a secondary aspect of our Christian experience,” he added, quoting Pope Francis. “Furthermore, believers from many traditions understand ‘creation’ as a divine gift. Likewise, various religions maintain that life is sacred and therefore must be respected. We can say, then, that religious faith reinforces the overall desire to protect life and care for nature.”

While it’s true that the faithful are tasked with being stewards of the environment, they are not obligated to believe in “climate change,” nor is caring for the environment the most pressing concern for Catholics, as the Holy Father seems to suggest.

READ: Why Catholics should ignore what Pope Francis pronounces in Laudato Si’

Furthermore, “anthropogenic global warming” (AGW) or “climate change,” the thesis that human activity, rather than natural phenomena, is responsible for Earth’s changing climate and that such trends pose a danger to the planet, is based in large part on manipulated data. AGW proponents suffered a blow in 2010 with the discovery that their leading researchers at the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, East Anglia Climate Research Unit, and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration had engaged in widespread data manipulation, flawed climate models, misrepresentation of sources, and suppression of dissenting findings in order to make the so-called “settled science” say what climate activists wanted it to.

Later in his remarks, the pope called for more international cooperation to combat supposed global environmental challenges such as “climate change,” lack of respect for creation, and the plundering of natural resources, stressing the apparent need to create a society centered on “the common good.”

“These challenges require international cooperation, together with cohesive and forward-looking multilateralism in order to find effective solutions,” Leo said. “Frequently, however, in deliberations and negotiations about these issues, various fears emerge: fear of changing course, fear of losing power and fear of uncertain outcomes. Only by overcoming these fears can we work together to find the right solutions.”

The pontiff continued:

It is here, I think, that religious leaders and communities can offer a special insight for supporting ambitious social and environmental efforts, for the Bible is full of examples of how people’s fears can be overcome by hope, which ultimately is a gift from God himself.

In this perspective, then, despite the naysayers or cynics, hope can be a powerful driving force. In this regard, it is not merely desirable but also genuinely possible that the progress at COP30 can be followed up with a just transition toward societies where the common good takes precedence over profit, and economic models are rooted in solidarity and human dignity. Yet, this requires wealthier countries to meet their obligations to support poorer countries financially. We also need the development of a new person-centered international financial framework to ensure that all countries, especially the poorest and those most vulnerable to climate disasters, can reach their full potential, with the dignity of their citizens respected.


TOPICS: Current Events; General Discusssion
KEYWORDS: climatehoax; environmentalwhackos; gaiworship; pachamamapopeii; popebob; un

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In his June 16 remarks to the Summit, citing Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato Si’, Leo referred to the care for the environment as an essential moral issue for Catholics and members of other faiths alike to work towards.

So welcoming illegal invaders and climate worship are now both "essential moral issues" for Catholics.

1 posted on 06/16/2026 5:11:08 PM PDT by ebb tide
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To: Al Hitan; Fedora; irishjuggler; Jaded; kalee; markomalley; miele man; Mrs. Don-o; ...

Pachamama Pope II Barf Alert


2 posted on 06/16/2026 5:11:58 PM PDT by ebb tide (Francis' sin-nodal "church" is not the Catholic Church.)
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To: ebb tide

Pope Leo compromised. Not holy man


3 posted on 06/16/2026 5:13:26 PM PDT by dkGba
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To: ebb tide

I guess I agree: the no. 1 action to be taken against climate change is prayer.


4 posted on 06/16/2026 5:16:53 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: ebb tide

Are we now misquoting scripture as a matter of course?

No?
With enough faith you can tell the mountains to move. And they will.

Then he assumes what other faiths’ member’s are(not) working towards.


5 posted on 06/16/2026 5:29:40 PM PDT by Delta 21 (None of us are descendants of fearful men!)
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To: ebb tide
Sometimes I pray for rain...sometimes I don't.

Actually, I think we've done pretty darn good.

Go talk to China...Popee

6 posted on 06/16/2026 5:32:25 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: ebb tide
Pope Leo says ‘religious faith’ can help fight ‘climate change’ at global conference

Is that like Pat Robertson praying to keep a hurricane from hitting his CBN studios?

7 posted on 06/16/2026 5:38:11 PM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: ebb tide

Do any Catholics take this guy seriously?


8 posted on 06/16/2026 5:46:15 PM PDT by JZelle
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To: ebb tide

You know what else would help climate change?? Turning off the air conditioning throughout the entirety of Vatican City during the summer, and leaving the heat at 60 degrees in the winter...

Lead by example- hypocrite...


9 posted on 06/16/2026 5:48:18 PM PDT by God luvs America
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To: JZelle

No- not me...

From the time i was about 10YO until i was in my late 50’s i was proud to say i never missed mass on the weekends, even finding churches to attend mass when i was single and on vacation....

Since about 2022, i am proud to say except for Easter, i rarely go to mass anymore as i refuse to support this pope or the prior one, based on their complete and utter hypocrisy....


10 posted on 06/16/2026 5:50:33 PM PDT by God luvs America
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To: ebb tide

This dope just blurts out anything that pops into his diseased, tiny mind.


11 posted on 06/16/2026 5:58:29 PM PDT by HYPOCRACY (There is no gravity. The earth just sucks. )
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To: JZelle

None that I know.


12 posted on 06/16/2026 5:59:14 PM PDT by HYPOCRACY (There is no gravity. The earth just sucks. )
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To: ebb tide

We can do a rain dance.


13 posted on 06/16/2026 6:00:56 PM PDT by bunkerhill7 (Don't shoot until you see the whites of their lies)
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To: chajin
Those who believe that our world was created by God and is inherently good are compelled to assume an even greater responsibility to care for creation, since this is the requirement of their faith.

Do you disagree?

14 posted on 06/16/2026 6:08:02 PM PDT by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
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To: ebb tide

A pope with no faith in God.

unbelievable


15 posted on 06/16/2026 6:26:29 PM PDT by TexasFreeper2009
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To: ebb tide
In his June 16 remarks to the Summit, citing Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato Si’, Leo referred to the care for the environment as an essential moral issue for Catholics and members of other faiths alike to work towards.

Yet, your denomination (?) says you have to be subject to the pope for salvation.

Perhaps OMCET has a different requirement on this issue.

BTW....who is the last legit pope?

16 posted on 06/16/2026 6:27:06 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: ealgeone

Catholics absolutely do not have to take as a matter of faith everything or even most of what a pope says. It is guidance, not doctrine.


17 posted on 06/16/2026 6:30:43 PM PDT by Freee-dame (The left never dreamed that Trump would be back in the White House in 2025. )
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To: ebb tide

My Mother best described the Pope as the man that brings the message of the Holy Spirit to the Catholics.

That was over 50 years ago and no we are not Catholic.


18 posted on 06/16/2026 6:34:01 PM PDT by eyedigress (Trump is my President!)
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To: Freee-dame
Furthermore, we declare, we proclaim, we define that it is absolutely necessary for salvation that every human creature be subject to the Roman Pontiff.

Unam Sanctam.

https://www.papalencyclicals.net/bon08/b8unam.htm

Romans run from this faster than anything.

19 posted on 06/16/2026 6:43:33 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: ealgeone

No, not real Catholics.

Same with Protestants. You are your own Pope. You listen only to your own understanding. How convenient.


20 posted on 06/16/2026 9:31:40 PM PDT by Texas_Guy
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