Posted on 09/01/2016 1:30:26 PM PDT by No One Special
In his message for the “World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation” Thursday, Pope Francis said that human-induced global warming, as well as a loss of biodiversity are “sins” against God, which must be atoned for by planting trees, avoiding the use of plastic and paper and “separating refuse.”
“Global warming continues, due in part to human activity,” Francis said, adding that “2015 was the warmest year on record, and 2016 will likely be warmer still.”
“This is leading to ever more severe droughts, floods, fires and extreme weather events. Climate change is also contributing to the heart-rending refugee crisis. The world’s poor, though least responsible for climate change, are most vulnerable and already suffering its impact,” he wrote.
Repeatedly citing the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, who has “courageously and prophetically continued to point out our sins against creation,” Francis made his own a new list of such environmental sins, which include pollution, global warming and deforestation.
For human beings to “destroy the biological diversity of God’s creation,” to “degrade the integrity of the earth by causing changes in its climate,” to “contaminate the earth’s waters, its land, its air, and its life–these are sins,” he wrote.
Summing up, the Pope stated that “to commit a crime against the natural world is a sin against ourselves and a sin against God.”
Lamenting “the devastation of the environment,” Francis said that “God gave us a bountiful garden, but we have turned it into a polluted wasteland of debris, desolation and filth.”
Specifically regarding a loss of biodiversity, the Pope suggested that now there are fewer species to give glory to God.
“We must not be indifferent or resigned to the loss of biodiversity and the destruction of ecosystems, often caused by our irresponsible and selfish behavior,”
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Hard to know what to say....
At least he is consistent, works atone for sin. Vatican carbon indulgences to follow?
Did the Pope have anything to say about killing innocent little babies?
Winter is Coming
Mortal or venial?
Words fail me, but I shouldn’t be surprised.
I’m not Catholic, but I sure miss Pope Benedict XVI.
You’re way out of your depth, popie.
Which commandment is that Frank?
Why do Catholics still listen to this guy?
Surely there should have been an internal movement to remove this guy by now?
The fake Pope of the NWO speaks in newspeak.
We can tell whose buttering his ‘bread’.
bought and paid for by george soros
No, the internal movement was to have the Pope resign so they could install the fake Pope.
Recycling and carpooling are sacraments for the 21st century. Maybe abortion will be next, since it reduces the burden on the planet. </s>
also, outlawing votive candles would help a lot
A leftist political hack pretending to be a Pope is a Sin. He can atone by resigning.
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