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Pope Francis calls out fossil fuel companies, says climate action is too slow (www.nbcnews.com)

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Pope Francis made his strongest statements yet about climate change Wednesday, rebuking fossil fuel companies and urging countries to make an immediate transition to renewable energy.

In a new document titled “Laudate Deum,” or “Praise God,” the pope criticizes oil and gas companies for greenwashing new fossil fuel projects and calls for more ambitious efforts in the West to tackle the climate crisis. In the landmark apostolic exhortation, a form of papal writing, Francis says that “avoiding an increase of a tenth of a degree in the global temperature would already suffice to alleviate some suffering for many people.”

“Laudate Deum” is a follow-up to the pope’s 2015 encyclical on climate change, known as “Laudato Si’,” which lamented the exploitation of the planet and cast the protection of the environment as a moral imperative. When it was released, “Laudato Si’” was viewed as an extraordinary move by the head of the Catholic Church to address global warming and its consequences.

Nearly a decade later, the pope’s message has taken on new urgency.

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[-] [email protected] 247 points 9 months ago

Imagine being called too slow to accept new ideas by the fucking pope

[-] [email protected] 29 points 9 months ago

For papal standards, Francis is quite progressive.

[-] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago

I mean he picked Francis as his name for a reason, and compared to all the last ones who declared themselves strong leaders of God's might I will take someone that cares about plants and animals

[-] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago

Yes, he was even recognizing sexual abuse within church. Didn't do jack shit to prevent it, just recognized it. Give them another 600 years and thousands of ruined lives. They'll self-correct by then.

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