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Pope Francis call to action on climate change
2015-09-27 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Toronto Star: Pope Francis covered a lot of moral ground in his speech to the United Nations on Friday, as the world body marks its 70th anniversary. He spoke of war and peace, nuclear arms control, human dignity, social justice, poverty, girls education, religious freedom, drug trafficking and more. He also touched on an overarching theme the future of the Earth itself threatened as it is by climate change driven by a selfish and boundless thirst for power and money, as he put it. In Franciss view,...
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The Pope Speaks On Climate Change
2015-09-26 20:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Forbes: I am a person comfortable with religion but I am not comfortable with people who want to politicize religion. This week we heard a Pope speak and then we had to listen to people tell us he has endorsed what they believe. No. He hasnt and didnt. What Pope Francis did in America this week was lay down a moral basis and provide a moral context for any and all discussion/ argument to follow on the subjects he touched upon in his speeches. Those issues included; respect for all life, the importance...
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Roads, rails into New York quiet as pope comes to town
2015-09-26 18:18:13| Railroads - Topix.net
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey says traffic across the agency's tunnels and bridges into the city between 6 a.m. and noon Friday was 14 percent lighter than usual for a Friday in September. New Jersey Transit says rail ridership was down about 50 percent and bus ridership down about 25 to 30 percent Friday morning.
Kumi Naidoo: We Stand 100% With the Pope and His Call to Climate Action
2015-09-26 16:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Kumi Naidoo, the executive director of Greenpeace International, spoke Thursday at the Washington, DC rally on Moral Action for Climate Change. The event took place as Pope Francis gave a first-ever papal address to Congress. Environmentalists have hailed the Pope during his inaugural visit to the U.S. for being an outspoken advocate for urgent action on climate change. At a speech at the White House on Wednesday, he said "climate change is a problem that can no longer be left to a future generation....
Vatican and Pope oblivious to the more than 250 dissidents arrested in Cuba during papal visit
2015-09-26 16:36:10| Wireless - Topix.net
According to the Vatican and Papa Che , they were not aware of any arrests of dissidents that took place during the papal visit to Cuba. Apparently they must have all experienced really bad cell phone reception in Cuba and at Fidel Castro's compound and no one could seem to remember the WiFi network passwords, preventing them from getting the news of the arrests that were virtually broadcast live to the entire world as they happened.
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