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Pope Francis Blasts Climate Deniers in Leaked Draft of Encyclical
2015-06-16 15:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: As the world eagerly awaits Pope Francis's encyclical on climate change this Thursday, some scientists have come out and said that the papal letter could draw a larger impact than the world leaders hammering out emissions negotiations at the UN climate summit in Paris this December. Im not a religious person at all, NASA climatologist Gavin Schmidt told USA TODAY, adding that faith-based efforts to shift thinking on climate action are very promising. The Popes encyclical is probably going...
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Pope Francis warns of unprecedented destruction if climate change is not addressed
2015-06-16 12:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: The Pope has warned that there will be serious consequences for all unless the world does more to tackle climate change, in a leaked copy of an eagerly anticipated encyclical. The draft, which has been published by LEspresso magazine, states, If the current trend continues, this century could witness climate change [that leads to] unprecedented destruction of ecosystems, with serious consequences for us all. The letter points to rising sea levels as an example, noting that a quarter of...
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Pope calls for action on climate change in draft encyclical
2015-06-15 22:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Pope Francis makes an urgent call for protection of the planet and repeats his view that global warming is mostly man-made in his keenly awaited encyclical, according to a draft published by an Italian magazine on Monday. The Vatican said the document, leaked in its Italian edition by the magazine l'Espresso, was not the final version, which would remain under embargo until its release on Thursday. It was not clear how advanced in the writing process the leaked document was or how similar it...
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Pope Francis to Explore Climates Effect on Worlds Poor
2015-06-14 00:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Ban Ki-moon arrived at the Vatican with his own college of cardinals. Mr. Ban, the United Nations secretary general, had brought the leaders of all his major agencies to see Pope Francis, a show of organizational muscle and respect for a meeting between two global institutions that had sometimes shared a bumpy past but now had a mutual interest. The agenda was poverty, and Francis inveighed against the economy of exclusion as he addressed Mr. Bans delegation at the Apostolic Palace. But in...
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Pope Francis May Find Wariness Among US Bishops on Climate Change
2015-06-14 00:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: The church bulletin inserts are nearly ready to go. So are the emails to every Roman Catholic parish in the United States with preaching suggestions for the first Sunday after Pope Francis releases his encyclical on the environment. A week after that, on June 28, churches worldwide are being asked to ring their bells at noon to commemorate a Thank you, Pope Francis march in Rome being held that day. Never before, church leaders say, has a papal encyclical been anticipated so eagerly by so many....
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