Posted on 04/06/2021 7:27:03 PM PDT by marshmallow
Pope Francis highlights the importance of joint, concerted efforts to fight the global phenomena of climate change and poverty during an online forum on Biodiversity organized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.
Pope Francis sent a message to the participants at the recently-held UNESCO Forum on Biodiversity organized to discuss ideas to shape and fuel a dialogue on environmental challenges and their implications for the world.
The virtual event which took place on 24 March, also marked the official launch of the 50th-anniversary celebrations for the UNESCO Man and the Biosphere (MAB) programme. The forum was attended by prestigious speakers and biodiversity protectors from around the world.
The Pope’s message, read by Archbishop Francesco Follo, Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), was centered around the theme of “Climate change and poverty.”
The need for a new development model
Expressing gratitude for the opportunity for discussion presented by the forum, Pope Francis highlighted the importance of the fight against climate change and poverty which he describes as “two complex and interdependent objectives” in light of which it is necessary to redefine a new model of development.
This new model, the Pope explained, is one that places each man and woman, and the whole man at the center “as the fundamental pillar to be respected and protected, while adopting a methodology that integrates the ethics of solidarity and political charity.”
Only in this way, he insisted, will it be possible to promote the “truly universal common good and a true civilization of love where there is no place for a pandemic of indifference and waste.”
Education to tackle climate warming
Speaking further, the Pope said that it is in this perspective – the same in which the Paris Agreement is inserted – that......
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The Pope doesn’t believe in Jesus. He believes in the new age global warming religion.
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