Pope Francis, Leo XIV and climate change
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Leo called for a change of heart to truly embrace the environmental cause, and said any Christian should be on board.
Echoing the views of his predecessor, Francis, Pope Leo also said “Some have chosen to deride the increasingly evident signs of climate change, to ridicule those who speak of global warming, and even to blame the poor for the very thing that affects them the most.”
ROME -- ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV took aim Wednesday at skeptics who “ridicule those who speak of global warming,” as he strongly embraced Pope Francis’ environmental legacy and made it his own in some of his strongest and most extensive comments to date.
Pope Leo XIV blessed a block of ice at an ecological event, urging action on climate change and criticising global warming sceptics. His unusual ritual sparked social media backlash and renewed debate with Trump's climate stance.
Arnold Schwarzenegger came to the Vatican on Tuesday to throw his weight behind Pope Leo's efforts to encourage world leaders to address global climate change and transition away from fossil fuels. "Every single one of (the) 1.
Pope Leo has praised Donald Trump’s 20-point peace plan for Gaza, and said he hoped Hamas would accept it. The US president unveiled his plan during the Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to the White House on Monday.
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