Pope Francis calls out fossil fuel companies, says climate action is too slow
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.
How is that dude's opinion relevant to anything outside his weird cult? Stop kid raping in your cult first, then you can try having opinions on things outside of it.
Cause there's billions of people who claim to be his followers, and climate change is the biggest issue humanity has ever faced.
Having the leader of one of the largest religions pushing for ecological improvements is a good thing.
Who claim to be his followers as long as it suits them.
Not every Catholic is a liar, lol
To be fair, I was implying they are hypocrites.
You're thinking of American catholics.
"His weird cult"
Dude, it's the main religion here in Latin America. 🌎
Doesn't make it any less weird or any less of a cult.
Genuinely curious why you think it’s a cult. Not even Catholic or Christian I just wanna get your reasoning
Not that guy, but the difference between the Catholic Church and Heavens Gate or Charles Manson is that its socially accepted with enough of a population to reach critical mass of speakers and followers to where it's assumed normal.
The different between a cult and a religion is how many followers it has.
That's a bit reductionist, not all religious organizations are high control groups, though many are (like JW's.)