Pope Calls for Action on Climate Change

Pope Francis has released a 180-page encyclical on the environment, calling for action on climate change and for the world’s rich nations to pay their “grave social debt” to the poor. The release of the statement has been timed to coincide with the Pope’s upcoming visit to the US, where he will speak before the United Nations and a joint session of the Congress. In the encyclical, Pope Francis argues that we are in the midst of an “ecological crisis” and that climate change is a “global problem with serious implications”.

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