ROME, Italy – Climate change is bringing the world to a “breaking point,” Pope Francis asserted at the start of a three-day climate summit to be held at the Vatican in May.
Pope strongly believes in climate ‘crisis’ I have written He said he had “genuine concern” for a “suffering planet” and argued that “the world we live in is falling apart” because humanity has failed to adequately respond to the crisis.
There is “no doubt” that the effects of climate change will increasingly prejudice the lives and families of many people, he argued, adding that the impacts are already “impairing access to health care, employment sources, access to resources, housing, Migration, etc., he added, is being felt in the area of “forced labor”. ”
Citing the U.S. bishops, the pope said climate change is “one of the major challenges facing society and the international community,” and that its effects “are borne by the most vulnerable, both at home and around the world.” “There is,” he claimed.
In fact, San Diego Bishop Robert W. McElroy, who Pope Francis elevated to cardinal in 2022, said that while abortion is a huge evil, “the long-term death toll from unchecked climate change is much higher and threatens our very future.” insisted. Of humanity. ”
Abortion and climate change are both “core issues of life in the Catholic Church,” McElroy declared, but neither should be perceived as “prominent.”
Curiously, Pope Francis singled out the United States as particularly responsible for the climate change “emergency” due to the “irresponsible lifestyle” of its citizens.
“Given that per-person emissions in the United States are about twice as high as those of individuals living in China and about seven times the average for the poorest countries, widespread changes in irresponsible lifestyles are likely to be involved. “I can say that if we adopt the Western model, it will have a huge impact in the long term,” the Pope said last October.
Alarmists at The Pillar Catholic, a Catholic online news outlet, pointed In fact, it announced at the time that “the United States’ per capita emissions are less than 1.5 times that of China,” adding that China’s per capita emissions levels are “significantly higher than the global average.”
The Pope also said that China’s emissions totaled double America has the cleanest air quality of any country, but China has one of the worst air quality.
In his preface to the Vatican summit to be held from May 15 to 17, Francis said climate change is “no longer a secondary or ideological problem, but a drama that harms us all.” He added that climate change “reveals a tragic and serious problem”. This is a clear example of structural sin. ”
