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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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[-] MattTheProgrammer@lemmy.world 85 points 1 year ago

When the Catholic Church stops covering up the rampant sexual abuse and money grubbing cash grab scam operations then maybe I'll give two flying shits about what the Pope has to say.

[-] RobMyBot@lemmy.ml 105 points 1 year ago

People tend to overlook the fact that the words of someone with this level of influence are vitally important and can have enormous effects on the world.

Whether you in particular care about a famous/rich person's comments or not, there are millions that do--and that is important. Important enough that even without respecting that person, we should always take what they say and do very seriously.

[-] MattTheProgrammer@lemmy.world 50 points 1 year ago

You bring up a valid point so I won't debate. I still despise the institution that he represents and hope it all burns to the ground though.

[-] RobMyBot@lemmy.ml 37 points 1 year ago
[-] Lifebandit666@feddit.uk 17 points 1 year ago

I really enjoyed this comment chain. Fuck organised religions, and this one in particular.

[-] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago
[-] Lifebandit666@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks for that, cheered me up at half 5 in the morning when I felt like garbage.

[-] ZoopZeZoop@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I don't know why, but my mind went to this before watching your video.

It's from the Netflix show Sex Education, in case anyone wants to watch all of it. They just dropped the final season.

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[-] wildginger@lemmy.myserv.one 3 points 1 year ago

We can hate the institution and still accept their help preventing the world from dying.

Enemy of my enemy, and climate crisis is everyones enemy. I would accept mafia support too, at this point.

[-] BB69@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago

It’s fine you don’t care, but there’s something like 1.4 billion Catholics that probably do.

[-] Son_of_dad@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

Most Catholics don't listen to the Pope. The Pope says Catholics must accept gay people, but go to the third world or central america and see if Catholics follow that one.

[-] Lifebandit666@feddit.uk 14 points 1 year ago

The Pope says Catholics must accept Gay people, but won't give them the same right to marriage as straight people. Hypocrisy, although I guess he's probably worried all his clergy will try and marry the kids they're abusing.

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[-] angrystego@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

News about what the head of the Catholic church does is as important as news about what the head of USA, China or Russia does. It's hugely influencial even when it comes to lives of non-catholics, non-americans, non-chinese... because of the massive number of people that belong to the religion or state and the power that religion or state has. It's a good thing the pope talks against fossil fuel companies, because his influence is big.

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[-] Son_of_dad@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

Many times the victims of priest sexual abuse have approached the Vatican for a meeting and blessing from the pope. Every time the pope has turned them away and refused to even acknowledge their existence, or their plight. His lawyers tell him it's not a good idea. And of course the representative of god, flanked by lawyers and bankers, listens to his lawyers over god.

[-] Nahvi@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Every time the pope has turned them away and refused to even acknowledge their existence

Where did you hear that? These articles seem to say the opposite.

Monday’s meeting between Francis and the six victims of church sexual abuse was not the first such meeting between a pontiff and survivors, but it was the first of Francis’ papacy.

2014 - https://www.cnn.com/2014/07/07/world/pope-clerical-sex-abuse/

“God weeps” for the sexual abuse of children, Pope Francis said Sunday in Philadelphia, after meeting with victims of sexual abuse.

2015 - https://www.cnn.com/2015/09/27/us/pope-francis-sex-abuse-victims/index.html

Pope Francis said he regularly meets with victims of sexual abuse on Fridays, and that while the percentage of priests who abuse is relatively low, even one is too many.

2018 - https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/37774/pope-francis-regularly-meets-with-abuse-victims-on-fridays

In the evening of the same day, Pope Francis held an audience with Portugese victims of sexual abuse by the Catholic Church.

2023 - https://www.foxnews.com/world/pope-francis-holds-private-meetings-sex-abuse-victims-ukrainian-pilgrims

[-] Ebennz@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Yet he ascended the ranks of the church while all that happened. Swell guy. I'm sure he knew nothing about it until he became pope...

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[-] SuddenlyBlowGreen@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

He also likes to threaten them with legal action.

[-] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Can't upset the oil companies, where do you think that lube they use for altar boys comes from? A cloud in the sky?

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