The ‘distraction’ or delay in
implementing global agreements on the environment shows that politics
has become submissive to a technology and economy which seek profit
above all else,” Francis said.
Francis, who wrote an encyclical, or papal letter, on the environment last year, took a swipe at those who dispute that climate change is caused by human activity, criticizing “the ease with which well-founded scientific opinion about the state of our planet is disregarded”.
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Francis, who wrote an encyclical, or papal letter, on the environment last year, took a swipe at those who dispute that climate change is caused by human activity, criticizing “the ease with which well-founded scientific opinion about the state of our planet is disregarded”.
Read more at http://wonkette.com/608896/pope-francis-meets-with-scientists-urges-certain-unnamed-nation-he-means-us-not-to-kill-planet#lMSyZiy3HwBiFEl0.99