Isn’t ‘encyclical’ a nice word? The Pope has published his thoughts on climate change and they are well worth reading in full. But here is a good summary (taken from Time magazine). Climate change is real and it’s getting worse Human beings are a major contributor to climate change Climate change disproportionately affects the poor…
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‘Protect creation’ says Pope Francis
This blog asked some time ago whether the choice of the new Pope would have any environmental importance – and my hopes weren’t that high, to be honest. Pope Francis mentioned the environment and the need to ‘protect creation’ in his first mass. That’s a good start (see coverage here, here, here but particularly…