Pope Francis calls for swift action on climate change
Pope Francis became the first pontiff to issue an encyclical solely on environmental damage, calling for swift action on climate change and blaming greed for events that have left the globe “looking more and more like an immense pile of filth,” the New York Times reported. “Climate change is a global problem with grave implications: environmental, social, economic, political and for the distribution of goods,” he wrote. “It represents one of the principal challenges facing humanity in our day.” The Times analyzed the 184-page letter,section by section. Read the whole encyclical.
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