Posted on 03/28/2021 1:42:16 PM PDT by rktman
The Vatican extinguished the lights of the dome and the facade of St. Peter’s Basilica for an hour on Saturday night in commemoration of “Earth Hour 2021.”
From 8:30pm to 9:30pm the iconic basilica was darkened as a symbolic gesture against climate change, joining monuments of cities across the globe that turned off their lights as well. Vatican News reported that the act was performed “to demonstrate the serious global climate crisis.”
Earth Hour is an initiative launched by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) in 2007 to call attention to the gravity of the “climate crisis” by symbolically abstaining from the use of energy for an hour. It began in Sydney, Australia, but quickly spread all over the globe and now each year more than 10,000 landmarks and monuments switch off their lights.
Vatican News noted that Earth Hour is billed as the “largest global mobilisation against climate change” and is intended to “unite citizens, institutions and businesses in a common desire to give the world a sustainable future and to overcome the challenge of climate change.”
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Wonder how far down the ladder Jesus fits with the Vatican.
Silly Human Hubris
They’re probably wondering when Jesus comes down and asks for their advice...THEY ARE SOOOOOOO MUCH MORE COMPASSIONATE AND INCLUSIVE THAN HE IS......
I feel much better I turned every light on in the house to check bulbs.
Well it was only one hour I’m pretty sure. 😄🙌
Never been much of a hateful type but someone is making it easy for me to change my attitude. 😲
Yes, absolutely! Doing the same.
I burned up a couple of old radial tires.
Gotta do my part.
How does turning out the lights demonstrate anything other than full support of Marxism?
“...Wonder how far down the ladder Jesus fits with the Vatican....”
Surely, you jest.
Jesus hasn’t even been allowed near, or on, the “Vatican ladder” in centuries.....LOL
The pic is worth a thousand words.
I lit a candle. No, no wait, it was a tire.
Celebrating darkness now, eh?
It symbolizes the repudiation of mankind’s greatest achievements that resulted from God’s gift of intellect to man. This shallow symbolism is for very feeble, infantile minds.
When is/was earth hour?
I usually celebrate by turning on everything I can find.
May as well leave the lights off at the Vatican since there’s no one home.
+ 1
Me,too!
My fireplace has been burning tons of wood all winter so I have already more than compensated for their lights being out for an hour.
Every leftist needs to turn off the electricity in their homes, offices, universities—and yes, Congress—forever.
Time for climate action!
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