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Pope Francis made his strongest statements yet about climate change Wednesday, rebuking fossil fuel companies and urging countries to make an immediate transition to renewable energy.

In a new document titled “Laudate Deum,” or “Praise God,” the pope criticizes oil and gas companies for greenwashing new fossil fuel projects and calls for more ambitious efforts in the West to tackle the climate crisis. In the landmark apostolic exhortation, a form of papal writing, Francis says that “avoiding an increase of a tenth of a degree in the global temperature would already suffice to alleviate some suffering for many people.”

“Laudate Deum” is a follow-up to the pope’s 2015 encyclical on climate change, known as “Laudato Si’,” which lamented the exploitation of the planet and cast the protection of the environment as a moral imperative. When it was released, “Laudato Si’” was viewed as an extraordinary move by the head of the Catholic Church to address global warming and its consequences.

Nearly a decade later, the pope’s message has taken on new urgency.

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[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Thank you captain obvious. Now you need to focus on some of your own internal issues.

At least he admitted it.

[–] Son_of_dad@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fuck you pedophile apologist. Stop ignoring and turning away the victims of your priest's rape and abuse.

This pope is nothing but PR bullshit and nice platitudes while he continues to be a vile piece of shit. And what the fuck does he know about fossil fuels and the energy industry? Shut the fuck up you fake wizard

[–] Nahvi@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago

top ignoring and turning away the victims of your priest’s rape and abuse

Same list as I dropped on your other post. Took like 30 seconds in a web-search to call that claim into serious doubt. Also, I searched for him turning away sexual abuse victims and found nothing.

Monday’s meeting between Francis and the six victims of church sexual abuse was not the first such meeting between a pontiff and survivors, but it was the first of Francis’ papacy.

2014 - https://www.cnn.com/2014/07/07/world/pope-clerical-sex-abuse/

“God weeps” for the sexual abuse of children, Pope Francis said Sunday in Philadelphia, after meeting with victims of sexual abuse.

2015 - https://www.cnn.com/2015/09/27/us/pope-francis-sex-abuse-victims/index.html

Pope Francis said he regularly meets with victims of sexual abuse on Fridays, and that while the percentage of priests who abuse is relatively low, even one is too many.

2018 - https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/37774/pope-francis-regularly-meets-with-abuse-victims-on-fridays

In the evening of the same day, Pope Francis held an audience with Portugese victims of sexual abuse by the Catholic Church.

2023 - https://www.foxnews.com/world/pope-francis-holds-private-meetings-sex-abuse-victims-ukrainian-pilgrims

[–] Fades@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

FUCK THE POPE and FUCK those that stand in the way of climate change work.

Both of those are entities that have regularly and consistently stood in the way of progress to enrich themselves in wealth and power. Disgusting.

[–] dingleberry@discuss.tchncs.de -1 points 1 year ago

Not as swift as Vatican, juggling the pedophile priests.

[–] Canis_76@feddit.nl -1 points 1 year ago

WTF? Is this reality? Where is the rapture? Where is the second coming? Where are the child living priests? He has absolutely no place complaining about the pace of anything until his house is in order.

[–] Sygheil@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

We the people calling these bastards out for their crimes against innocent children and teens. We should all band together and ram their arseholes.

[–] yoz@aussie.zone -2 points 1 year ago

This bitch needs to stfu and concentrate all on the pedophiles he's protecting. Disgusting piece of shit!

[–] LarryTheMatador@sh.itjust.works -3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)
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