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Pope Francis Talks Poverty, Climate Change Ahead of Philippine Mass
2015-01-17 23:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
WSJ: On the last full day of his visit to the Philippines, Pope Francis called on Filipinos to remember the poor, particularly children, in a country where high birthrates and high levels of poverty have created tensions between the Catholic Church and advocates of population control. The 78-year-old pontiff also denounced climate change, arguing it is having a disproportionate effect on developing countries such as the Philippines, which suffers from frequent natural catastrophes including the Nov....
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Philippines: Pope set for emotional day with Yolanda survivors
2015-01-16 23:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Pope Francis will spend an emotional day in the Philippines on Saturday with survivors of a catastrophic super typhoon that claimed thousands of lives, highlighting his concern over climate change. The pontiff enjoyed a rapturous reception from millions of Filipinos during the first two days of his trip to the country, reinforcing its status as the Catholic Church's bastion in Asia. Francis's five-day visit is partly aimed at helping the Church expand its influence throughout the region, but...
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Pope braves storm emotional Philippine memorial
2015-01-16 23:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Pope Francis braved heavy rain on Saturday to celebrate an emotional mass with a sea of weeping survivors of a super typhoon in the Philippines that killed thousands, saying their pain silenced his heart. Francis flew in from the national capital of Manila to Tacloban, one of the cities devastated 14 months ago, to be greeted by hundreds of thousands of people but also another severe tropical storm. "Long live the pope," the crowd chanted as he walked off the plane to be immediately buffeted...
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Pope Francis Honors Filipinos Suffered Typhoon Devastation
2015-01-16 22:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Wall Street Journal: Pope Francis paid an emotional tribute Saturday to Filipinos who suffered the devastation of the 2013 typhoon, celebrating a Mass under driving rain in the town that was hit hardest by the disaster. The pope arrived in Tacloban Saturday morning in what is a major highlight of his weeklong tour of Asia. Pope Francis arrived in the Philippines on Thursday after a two-day visit to Sri Lanka in his first visit as pontiff to both countries. Before a crowd of hundreds of thousands who waited for...
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Pope Francis: climate change mostly mans fault
2015-01-16 18:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Pope Francis has said that the majority of climate change is mans fault and criticised climate negotiations for failing to progress quickly enough during his tour of Asia. According to Reuters, the Pope said, I dont know if it is all [mans fault] but the majority is, for the most part, it is man who continuously slaps down nature. We have, in a sense, lorded it over nature, over Sister Earth, over Mother Earth. I think man has gone too far. Thank God that today there are voices that are...
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