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Pope Francis Calls for Urgent Action to Fight Climate Change
2015-06-18 20:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: In a highly anticipated papal letter released Thursday, Pope Francis called on Catholics worldwide to make safeguarding the environment and battling climate change an urgent and top priority of the 21st century. In the lengthy treatise, more broadly addressed to "every person" who lives on Earth, the pope lays out a moral case for supporting sustainable economic and population growth as part of the church`s mission and humanity`s responsibility to protect God`s creation for future generations....
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Pope Francis Laudato Si encyclical expresses moral obligation fight climate change
2015-06-18 19:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: In a highly anticipated papal letter released June 18, Pope Francis called on Catholics worldwide to make safeguarding the environment and battling climate change an urgent and top priority of the 21st century. In the lengthy treatise, more broadly addressed to every person who lives on Earth, the pope lays out a moral case for supporting sustainable economic and population growth as part of the churchs mission and humanitys responsibility to protect Gods creation for future generations. While...
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Pope Calls for Global Action on Climate Change and Environmental Problems
2015-06-18 19:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: Pope Francis released today his highly anticipated encyclical, which is largely focused on halting climate change and environmental degradation and emphasizes the importance of protecting impoverished communities from the worst effects. This is the first such letter from a leader of the Catholic Church to address environmental issues, analysts say. Climate change is a global problem with grave implications: environmental, social, economic, political, Pope Francis wrote. It represents one of the...
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Pope Francis "Bold Cultural Revolution" Needed Save Planet Climate Change & Consumerism
2015-06-18 16:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Democracy Noew: In his long-awaited encyclical on the environment and climate change, Pope Francis has called for swift action to save the planet from environmental ruin, urging world leaders to hear "the cry of the Earth and the cry of the poor." He called for a change of lifestyle in rich countries steeped in a "throwaway" consumer culture, and an end to "obstructionist attitudes" that sometimes put profit before the common good. Pope Francis said protecting the planet is a moral and ethical "imperative" for believers...
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Jeb Bush Thinks His Faith Shouldnt Inform Position Climate Change. Except When He Does.
2015-06-18 14:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ThinkProgress: Former Florida Governor and Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush doesnt want his Catholic faith to inform his politics. Well, except for when he does. Speaking at a town hall campaign event in New Hampshire on Tuesday, Bush, who converted to Catholicism 20 years ago, all but dismissed the popes new encyclical on the environment, which was leaked to the press on Monday and officially released on Thursday. In an apparent rejection of the documents impressively comprehensive, faith-based...
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