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Pope Francis: Global Warming a ‘Sin,’ Man Can Atone by Recycling and ‘Car-Pooling’
Breitbart ^ | September 1, 2016 | Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.

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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1 posted on 09/01/2016 1:30:26 PM PDT by No One Special
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To: No One Special

Hard to know what to say....


2 posted on 09/01/2016 1:30:57 PM PDT by Fido969 (Maybe I';ve been posting for the last 10 years, and rather than spew cr@p you could look up my posts)
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To: No One Special

At least he is consistent, works atone for sin. Vatican carbon indulgences to follow?


3 posted on 09/01/2016 1:32:02 PM PDT by xone
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Specifically regarding a loss of biodiversity, the Pope suggested that now there are fewer species to give glory to God.

Did the Pope have anything to say about killing innocent little babies?

4 posted on 09/01/2016 1:32:10 PM PDT by Fido969 (Maybe I';ve been posting for the last 10 years, and rather than spew cr@p you could look up my posts)
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To: Fido969; BenLurkin
Hard to know what to say....

Winter is Coming

5 posted on 09/01/2016 1:32:26 PM PDT by KC_Lion (Never Killary!)
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To: No One Special

Mortal or venial?


6 posted on 09/01/2016 1:32:32 PM PDT by Steely Tom (Vote GOP: A Slower Handbasket)
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To: Fido969

Words fail me, but I shouldn’t be surprised.


7 posted on 09/01/2016 1:33:46 PM PDT by rdl6989
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To: No One Special

I’m not Catholic, but I sure miss Pope Benedict XVI.


8 posted on 09/01/2016 1:36:10 PM PDT by captain_dave
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You’re way out of your depth, popie.


9 posted on 09/01/2016 1:36:12 PM PDT by beethovenfan (I always try to maximize my carbon footprint.)
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To: No One Special

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?


10 posted on 09/01/2016 1:36:55 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (*Convicted of thought crimes by the Left and the Right*)
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To: No One Special

The fake Pope of the NWO speaks in newspeak.


11 posted on 09/01/2016 1:37:12 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam , Know Peace)
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To: No One Special

We can tell whose buttering his ‘bread’.


12 posted on 09/01/2016 1:37:41 PM PDT by lee martell
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Sometimes I wonder if the "bad" popes who had mistresses didn't do less damage to the Church than Bergoglio is doing.
13 posted on 09/01/2016 1:37:47 PM PDT by JoeFromSidney (,)
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bought and paid for by george soros


14 posted on 09/01/2016 1:38:23 PM PDT by camle (keep an open mind and someone will fill it full of something for you)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

No, the internal movement was to have the Pope resign so they could install the fake Pope.


15 posted on 09/01/2016 1:38:28 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam , Know Peace)
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To: No One Special
I guess this guy has nothing more important to do than to be WRONG about darn near everything!
Gosh, we all know islam is the religion of peace. Or is that “pieces” as in BODY PARTS? I get sooo confused. Glad the Pope is around to keep me straight.

 photo pope copy_zpsxbx7lfeq.jpg


16 posted on 09/01/2016 1:39:25 PM PDT by Dick Bachert ( THE 4TH ESTATE HERE HAS BECOME A 5TH COLUMN. TREASON TRIALS COMING?)
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Recycling and carpooling are sacraments for the 21st century. Maybe abortion will be next, since it reduces the burden on the planet. </s>


17 posted on 09/01/2016 1:39:49 PM PDT by oblomov (We have passed the point where "law," properly speaking, has any further application. - C. Thomas)
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To: No One Special

also, outlawing votive candles would help a lot


19 posted on 09/01/2016 1:40:05 PM PDT by bert ((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc;WASP .... We Frack for Peace)
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To: xone

A leftist political hack pretending to be a Pope is a Sin. He can atone by resigning.


20 posted on 09/01/2016 1:40:25 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (ObaMao: Fake America, Fake Messiah, Fake Black man. How many fakes can you fit into one Zer0?)
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