Pope Leo XIV Encourages Stronger Climate Actions
Leo XIV told the Catholic leaders that 'you have chosen hope and action over despair, building a global community that works together.'
Leo XIV told the Catholic leaders that 'you have chosen hope and action over despair, building a global community that works together.'
The leaders are calling on world leaders to act to implement the Paris Agreement, a 2015 international treaty to limit global warming that ‘protects God’s creation and people.’
The Pope, in comments before his prepared remarks, said 'there is indeed an action hero with us today, it’s all of you.'
The conference’s third day will explore practical ways to implement Laudato Si’.
Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin, who is representing the Holy See at the conference, read the Pope’s message to the assembly on Nov. 13
Pope Francis has been vocal about the need for Catholics to take responsibility for the health of the environment.
The exhibition was developed as part of the project “Emotions to Generate Changes” and will be open to the public through May 27.
The Pope cited two concrete examples of how Indigenous representation has been developed on the international stage.
Demonstrators with the group Last Generation poured ‘mud and Nesquik’ onto the front of the cathedral, according to The Associated Press.
Video showed the demonstrators reading from the Pope’s documents, at one point while surrounded by the archbishop and two other clergy.
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