Support the Arctic Sea Ice Forum and Blog

Author Topic: Pope Francis' Encyclical on Climate Change  (Read 54159 times)

Sigmetnow

  • Multi-year ice
  • Posts: 25753
    • View Profile
  • Liked: 1153
  • Likes Given: 430
Re: Pope Francis' Encyclical on Climate Change
« Reply #50 on: July 10, 2015, 03:45:40 AM »
 :o

Pope calls world leaders 'cowards'
Quote
Pope Francis delivered a hellfire-and-brimstone denunciation of modern capitalism on Thursday night, calling the "unfettered pursuit of money" the "dung of the devil" and accusing world leaders of "cowardice" for refusing to defend the earth from exploitation.

Speaking to a group of grassroots organizers in Bolivia, the Pope called on the poor and disenfranchised to rise up against "new colonialism," including corporations, loan agencies, free trade treaties, austerity measures, and "the monopolizing of the communications media."

http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/07/world/pope-mass-ecuador-quito/index.html
People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.

Sigmetnow

  • Multi-year ice
  • Posts: 25753
    • View Profile
  • Liked: 1153
  • Likes Given: 430
People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.

Sigmetnow

  • Multi-year ice
  • Posts: 25753
    • View Profile
  • Liked: 1153
  • Likes Given: 430
Re: Pope Francis' Encyclical on Climate Change
« Reply #52 on: July 17, 2015, 10:10:15 PM »
Pope Francis to Hold First-Ever Gathering of Mayors at Vatican to Rev Up Fight Against Climate Change
Quote
Following the Encyclical, our commitment is to make the whole of society aware of these phenomena and of the human responsibilities of these crises and to react firmly, as a new moral imperative for all of humanity in favor of the common good,” he said. “In this fundamental moral context, cities and their mayors play a key role. Currently, most of humanity is concentrated in formal and informal urban settlements, and this trend is set to increase. Although the poor and the excluded have the least effect on climate change and often live on the outskirts of the city, they are the most exposed to the terrible threat posed by human-induced climate disruption.”

“We intend for the mayors to commit to promoting the empowerment of the poor and of those who live in vulnerable conditions in our cities and in our urban settlements, reducing their exposure to  extreme weather events caused by radical environmental, economic and social instabilities, which create fertile ground for forced migration and human trafficking,” said Sanchez. “In short, we would like our cities and urban settlements to become more socially inclusive, safe, resilient and ecologically integrated.”

Some of the U.S. mayors who are committed to attending include those from San Francisco, Seattle, Boulder, New Orleans, San Jose, Boston, Minneapolis and Birmingham, Alabama, as well as California Gov. Jerry Brown, who said, “This unprecedented gathering of global leaders is a wake-up call to face up to the common threats of climate change and human exploitation.”
https://ecowatch.com/2015/07/16/pope-francis-mayors-climate-change/
People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.

Sigmetnow

  • Multi-year ice
  • Posts: 25753
    • View Profile
  • Liked: 1153
  • Likes Given: 430
Re: Pope Francis' Encyclical on Climate Change
« Reply #53 on: July 19, 2015, 01:38:12 PM »
Pope continues his calls to action after the publication of his encyclical.

Quote
Pope Francis is also engaged in a broader, 12-week campaign to inspire decisive action at the crucial United Nations climate conference in Paris this December. He is visiting the United States this fall as part of that effort, and is expected to address a UN Special Summit on Sustainable Development on September 25th.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2015/07/18/pope-francis-fight-climate-change-stewardship-earth-column/29867661/
People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.

Sigmetnow

  • Multi-year ice
  • Posts: 25753
    • View Profile
  • Liked: 1153
  • Likes Given: 430
Re: Pope Francis' Encyclical on Climate Change
« Reply #54 on: July 21, 2015, 01:11:03 PM »
People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.

Tor Bejnar

  • Young ice
  • Posts: 4606
    • View Profile
  • Liked: 879
  • Likes Given: 826
Re: Pope Francis' Encyclical on Climate Change
« Reply #55 on: July 21, 2015, 02:31:37 PM »
By the way, Sigmetnow, I want you to know that I appreciate your frequent posts on this topic.  I really appreciate the focus the pope is giving.
Arctic ice is healthy for children and other living things because "we cannot negotiate with the melting point of ice"

Sigmetnow

  • Multi-year ice
  • Posts: 25753
    • View Profile
  • Liked: 1153
  • Likes Given: 430
Re: Pope Francis' Encyclical on Climate Change
« Reply #56 on: July 21, 2015, 07:35:02 PM »
Thank you, Tor Bejnar!  It's hard to think of anyone else who has more global reach and power of persuasion than Pope Francis.  I was surprised, and remain delighted, that he is taking such a strong stand on problems like climate change, capitalism, and poverty -- solutions we must incorporate in order to evolve.
People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.

Sigmetnow

  • Multi-year ice
  • Posts: 25753
    • View Profile
  • Liked: 1153
  • Likes Given: 430
Re: Pope Francis' Encyclical on Climate Change
« Reply #57 on: July 22, 2015, 01:51:47 PM »
The pope, climate change and the cultural dimensions of the Anthropocene
Quote
The ink is still drying on the Pope’s Encyclical Letter “Laudato Si’” or “On Care for Our Common Home,” and scholars, critics and pundits will analyze and assess it for years to come.

But one aspect of the letter becomes clear to anyone who reads it: it is impressively expansive, covering environmental science, economics, international politics, carbon credits, social equity, technology, consumerism, social media, theology, and much more. Getting to the root of our “ecological crisis,” Pope Francis calls for us to “promote a new way of thinking about human beings, life, society and our relationship with nature.” It’s a bold appeal to reevaluate our worldviews, values and spiritual beliefs.

But why now? The modern environmental movement has been with us for more than 50 years, leading to social movements, myriad legislation and lifestyle changes that reflect environmentalists’ modern focus on sustainability. Why does the pope’s encyclical on ecology resonate so much today?
https://theconversation.com/the-pope-climate-change-and-the-cultural-dimensions-of-the-anthropocene-44812
People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.

AbruptSLR

  • Multi-year ice
  • Posts: 19703
    • View Profile
  • Liked: 2268
  • Likes Given: 286
Re: Pope Francis' Encyclical on Climate Change
« Reply #58 on: July 22, 2015, 04:16:37 PM »
The two following linked articles are related to the Vatican sponsored day-long meeting of mayors from around the world that was hosted by the Vatican to discuss environmental challenges and how disruptions in climate were contributing to a humanitarian crisis in migration and modern slavery:

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/jul/21/pope-links-climate-change-with-human-trafficking-and-urges-un-to-take-lead

Extract: "Pope laments 'meaningless lives' in tying human trafficking to climate change
Pontiff follows encyclical on fossil fuels with environmental summit of mayors and links climate change to migration, slavery and ‘uncurtailed growth of cities’"


http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/07/21/us-climatechange-summit-vatican-idUSKCN0PV18A20150721

Extract: "Pope Francis on Tuesday urged the United Nations to take a "very strong stand" on climate change at a landmark summit this year in Paris on global warming.
The pope spoke at a Vatican-hosted conference of mayors and governors from major world cities who signed a declaration urging global leaders to take bold action at the U.N. summit, saying it may be the last chance to tackle human-induced global warming.
"I have a great hopes in the Paris summit," he said. "I have great hopes that a fundamental agreement is reached. The United Nations needs to take a very strong stand on this."
Last month, the pope issued an encyclical on climate change, the first ever dedicated to the environment. The call to his church's 1.2 billion members could spur the world's Catholics to lobby policymakers on ecology issues and climate change."
“It is not the strongest or the most intelligent who will survive but those who can best manage change.”
― Leon C. Megginson

Sigmetnow

  • Multi-year ice
  • Posts: 25753
    • View Profile
  • Liked: 1153
  • Likes Given: 430
Re: Pope Francis' Encyclical on Climate Change
« Reply #59 on: July 23, 2015, 03:22:47 PM »
New York City's mayor at the Vatican conference:

Mayor Bill de Blasio pledges to cut New York carbon emissions by 40% by 2030
Quote
When asked if Wall Street was a good partner in New York’s fight against global warming, the mayor said the city was just beginning to engage the business community to reach its goals.

“I’ve said to the business community that we would love to meet these goals together, but if there is any hesitation on the part of the real estate community, business community, we will mandate action ... It is about survival,” he said.

“My message is clear. We come in peace; we would like to do this cooperatively. If we see a lack of commitment, we will mandate it,” he said.
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jul/21/mayor-bill-de-blasio-pledges-cut-new-york-carbon-emissions-2030
People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.

Sigmetnow

  • Multi-year ice
  • Posts: 25753
    • View Profile
  • Liked: 1153
  • Likes Given: 430
Re: Pope Francis' Encyclical on Climate Change
« Reply #60 on: July 25, 2015, 01:15:53 AM »
Fossil fuel companies' "...suicide pact against humanity."  Robert Kennedy, Jr. and Michael Mann discuss the Pope's encyclical.
18-minute audio interview.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=e0rE0ERgYPA&feature=youtu.be
People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.

Sigmetnow

  • Multi-year ice
  • Posts: 25753
    • View Profile
  • Liked: 1153
  • Likes Given: 430
Re: Pope Francis' Encyclical on Climate Change
« Reply #61 on: August 14, 2015, 02:34:40 AM »
Islamic leaders to release climate change declaration
Istanbul summit will issue statement urging Muslims to treat action on global warming as a religious duty
Quote
Drafted by Islamic scholars, the statement will urge the world’s 1.6 billion Muslims to cut their greenhouse gas emissions and advocate stronger action from governments.

http://www.rtcc.org/2015/08/13/islamic-leaders-to-release-climate-change-declaration/#.dpuf
People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.

ivica

  • Nilas ice
  • Posts: 1475
  • Kelele
    • View Profile
  • Liked: 99
  • Likes Given: 0
Re: Pope Francis' Encyclical on Climate Change
« Reply #62 on: August 19, 2015, 01:45:28 PM »
Islamic Declaration on Global Climate Change at International Islamic Climate Change Symposium.

"Islamic leaders from 20 countries have unveiled a sweeping new declaration on climate change, calling on their fellow Muslims to care for the planet and asking world leaders to phase out their use of fossil fuels..." at ClimateProgress.

Sigmetnow

  • Multi-year ice
  • Posts: 25753
    • View Profile
  • Liked: 1153
  • Likes Given: 430
Re: Pope Francis' Encyclical on Climate Change
« Reply #63 on: August 20, 2015, 03:46:49 PM »
The Islamic Climate Change Declaration Could Be More Effective Than Pope Francis's Encyclical
Quote
Pope Francis may have soaked up headlines earlier this summer when he published a whopping 192-page encyclical on climate change, but this week Muslims issued a declaration that could influence an even larger population than the Catholic decree. The declaration, announced Tuesday as part of the two-day International Islamic Climate Change Symposium in Istanbul, further exemplifies the trend of faith-based climate activism ahead of the U.N. climate change summit in December.

http://www.newrepublic.com/article/122575/islamic-climate-change-declaration-more-effective-encyclical
People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.

ivica

  • Nilas ice
  • Posts: 1475
  • Kelele
    • View Profile
  • Liked: 99
  • Likes Given: 0
Re: Pope Francis' Encyclical on Climate Change
« Reply #64 on: August 31, 2015, 09:13:52 PM »
Season of Creation

Quote
Starts: September 1 – World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation

Pope Francis recently proclaimed it as a day of prayer for creation, as the Orthodox Church has done since 1989, to “draw from our rich spiritual heritage the reasons which feed our passion for the care of creation”. Learn more here.


Ends: October 4 – Feast of St Francis

The feast of St Francis of Assisi is a major day of celebration, to reflect on the life of the Patron of Ecology and author of the Canticle of the Creatures.

Sigmetnow

  • Multi-year ice
  • Posts: 25753
    • View Profile
  • Liked: 1153
  • Likes Given: 430
Re: Pope Francis' Encyclical on Climate Change
« Reply #65 on: September 07, 2015, 04:09:00 PM »
Catholic leaders make climate change plea to California lawmakers
Quote
Citing Pope Francis’s recent encyclical on the environment, leaders of the Catholic church in California spoke out this week to encourage wavering lawmakers to vote in favor of proposed sweeping climate change legislation that is struggling for passage in the final days of this session of the California legislature.
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/sep/05/catholic-leaders-climate-change-california-leglisation-sb350
People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.

Sigmetnow

  • Multi-year ice
  • Posts: 25753
    • View Profile
  • Liked: 1153
  • Likes Given: 430
Re: Pope Francis' Encyclical on Climate Change
« Reply #66 on: September 10, 2015, 09:54:21 PM »
Which churches are already divesting from fossil fuels?  It's a very long llst:
http://www.greenfaith.org/programs/divest-and-reinvest/listing-of-known-religious-divestment-efforts
People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.

ivica

  • Nilas ice
  • Posts: 1475
  • Kelele
    • View Profile
  • Liked: 99
  • Likes Given: 0
Re: Pope Francis' Encyclical on Climate Change
« Reply #67 on: September 19, 2015, 09:47:15 AM »
The Global Catholic Climate Movement have list of the events happening around the world during Pope Francis' visit to the United States.

Martin Gisser

  • Guest
Re: Pope Francis' Encyclical on Climate Change
« Reply #68 on: September 19, 2015, 01:46:14 PM »
Now if only the Pope and the Mullahs would accept the problem of population overshoot.  (In Syria e.g. it has conspired with climate weirding. The few million migrants of today are just the humble beginning.) There is a passage on population in the encyclica which amounts to criminal denial. For my taste, Francis is as guilty of incitement to genosuicide as the popes before him.

Here is the quote. False dichotomy and shifting the blame. That's why I used the word "criminal".
Quote
50.   Instead of resolving the problems of the poor and thinking of how the world can be different, some can only propose a reduction in the birth rate. At times, developing countries face forms of international pressure which make economic assistance contingent on certain policies of “reproductive health”. Yet “while it is true that an unequal distribution of the population and of available resources creates obstacles to development and a sustainable use of the environment, it must nonetheless be recognized that demographic growth is fully compatible with an integral and shared development”. To blame population growth instead of extreme and selective consumerism on the part of some, is one way of refusing to face the issues. It is an attempt to legitimize the present model of distribution, where a minority believes that it has the right to consume in a way which can never be universalized, since the planet could not even contain the waste products of such consumption. (...)

« Last Edit: September 19, 2015, 02:03:50 PM by Martin Gisser »

Sigmetnow

  • Multi-year ice
  • Posts: 25753
    • View Profile
  • Liked: 1153
  • Likes Given: 430
Re: Pope Francis' Encyclical on Climate Change
« Reply #69 on: September 20, 2015, 01:22:34 PM »
People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.

Sigmetnow

  • Multi-year ice
  • Posts: 25753
    • View Profile
  • Liked: 1153
  • Likes Given: 430
Re: Pope Francis' Encyclical on Climate Change
« Reply #70 on: September 21, 2015, 02:57:30 PM »
Pope Francis is a shrewd reformer – and this US visit could define his papacy
The pope arrives in Washington this week on a landmark visit that, given his radical agenda, comes at a crucial moment for Catholicism.
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/sep/20/pope-francis-shrewd-reformer-american-visit-define-papacy
People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.

ivica

  • Nilas ice
  • Posts: 1475
  • Kelele
    • View Profile
  • Liked: 99
  • Likes Given: 0
Re: Pope Francis' Encyclical on Climate Change
« Reply #71 on: September 21, 2015, 10:24:08 PM »
Quote
Some people continue to defend trickle-down theories which assume that economic growth, encouraged by a free market, will inevitably succeed in bringing about greater justice and inclusiveness in the world. This opinion, which has never been confirmed by the facts, expresses a crude and naïve trust in the goodness of those wielding economic power and in the sacralized workings of the prevailing economic system. Meanwhile, the excluded are still waiting.
Who said that ?
Trackdown: 54.

Sigmetnow

  • Multi-year ice
  • Posts: 25753
    • View Profile
  • Liked: 1153
  • Likes Given: 430
Re: Pope Francis' Encyclical on Climate Change
« Reply #72 on: September 22, 2015, 06:40:29 PM »
Pope's concern about climate change prompts Notre Dame to end use of coal
Quote
The University of Notre Dame will stop burning coal for electricity in response to Pope Francis’ call to action on climate change, the school’s president announced Monday.

The Rev. John I. Jenkins also said Notre Dame will cut its carbon footprint by more than half by 2030.
...
The Obama administration finalized rules this summer requiring states to reduce power plant emissions by an estimated 32 percent below 2005 levels by 2030.

While the rules don’t apply to plants like Notre Dame’s, the school said it’s already lowered emissions from its plant by 40 percent since 2005.

Indiana Gov. Mike Pence has said the state, which relies on coal for electricity more than most states, might refuse to comply with the federal regulations. He argues reducing emissions would hurt Indiana’s economy and raise power rates for manufacturers and residents.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/09/21/popes-concern-climate-change-prompts-notre-dame-end-use-coal/72579152/
People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.

Sigmetnow

  • Multi-year ice
  • Posts: 25753
    • View Profile
  • Liked: 1153
  • Likes Given: 430
Re: Pope Francis' Encyclical on Climate Change
« Reply #73 on: September 22, 2015, 06:58:44 PM »
Quote
Some people continue to defend trickle-down theories which assume that economic growth, encouraged by a free market, will inevitably succeed in bringing about greater justice and inclusiveness in the world. This opinion, which has never been confirmed by the facts, expresses a crude and naïve trust in the goodness of those wielding economic power and in the sacralized workings of the prevailing economic system. Meanwhile, the excluded are still waiting.
Who said that ?
Trackdown: 54.

"Trickle-down economics" was a political theory touted in the U.S. in the 1980’s, and is especially identified with President Reagan.  It is now often considered a pejorative.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trickle-down_economics
People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.

ivica

  • Nilas ice
  • Posts: 1475
  • Kelele
    • View Profile
  • Liked: 99
  • Likes Given: 0
Re: Pope Francis' Encyclical on Climate Change
« Reply #74 on: September 22, 2015, 10:25:52 PM »

Sigmetnow

  • Multi-year ice
  • Posts: 25753
    • View Profile
  • Liked: 1153
  • Likes Given: 430
Re: Pope Francis' Encyclical on Climate Change
« Reply #75 on: September 23, 2015, 04:31:46 PM »
Pope Issues Call for Tolerance in White House Visit
Quote
Pope Francis, in a historic visit to the White House, issued a call to reject discrimination on Wednesday and declared that climate change is a problem "which can no longer be left to a future generation."

Speaking in English on the South Lawn, the pope said that Catholics are committed to building a society "which is truly tolerant and inclusive," and he said that individual rights and religious liberty must be protected.

Francis spoke at length about the climate, praising President Barack Obama's efforts to combat air pollution. He stressed the need to protect what he called "our common home."

"We are living at a critical moment of history," he said. "We still have time to make the changes needed to bring about "a sustainable and integral development, for we know that things can change."
http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/pope-francis-visits-america/pope-francis-visit-pope-issues-call-climate-change-white-house-n432231
People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.

Sigmetnow

  • Multi-year ice
  • Posts: 25753
    • View Profile
  • Liked: 1153
  • Likes Given: 430
Re: Pope Francis' Encyclical on Climate Change
« Reply #76 on: September 23, 2015, 11:32:18 PM »
The Guardian:  Pope Francis calls for urgent action on climate change in White House speech
Quote
“Mr President, I find it encouraging that you are proposing an initiative for reducing air pollution,” the pope said with a slow, deliberate delivery that left little room for misinterpretation.

And, lest a papal blessing for the Environmental Protection Agency’s new emission control standards not prove a shocking enough incongruity, the pope made clear his view that support was a moral imperative for all Americans.

“I would like all men and women of goodwill in this great nation to support the efforts of the international community to protect the vulnerable in our world and to stimulate integral and inclusive models of development, so that our brothers and sisters everywhere may know the blessings of peace and prosperity which God wills for all his children,” he said to loud applause.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/23/pope-francis-climate-change-white-house-speech
People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.

Sigmetnow

  • Multi-year ice
  • Posts: 25753
    • View Profile
  • Liked: 1153
  • Likes Given: 430
Re: Pope Francis' Encyclical on Climate Change
« Reply #77 on: September 24, 2015, 01:21:48 PM »
Quote
@BarackObama: Watch @Pontifex say why it's so important for everyone to come together to #ActOnClimate. #PopeInDC http://t.co/ouZ0PDWQKt

https://twitter.com/barackobama/status/646775137845379076
People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.

Sigmetnow

  • Multi-year ice
  • Posts: 25753
    • View Profile
  • Liked: 1153
  • Likes Given: 430
Re: Pope Francis' Encyclical on Climate Change
« Reply #78 on: September 24, 2015, 06:46:25 PM »
Pope Francis addresses Congress: Read the prepared remarks
http://www.vox.com/2015/9/24/9391549/pope-remarks-full-text
People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.

Sigmetnow

  • Multi-year ice
  • Posts: 25753
    • View Profile
  • Liked: 1153
  • Likes Given: 430
Re: Pope Francis' Encyclical on Climate Change
« Reply #79 on: September 25, 2015, 01:39:06 PM »
How Un-Luxurious Is Pope Francis, Compared to His Predecessors?
Quote
In the reign of Francis—nicknamed the People’s Pope and the Pope of the Poor—luxury seems somewhat incongruous. Though he presides over coffers that conservatively are worth at least $8 billion, Francis seems uninterested in spending, a radically different approach from most of his predecessors. He isn’t anti-capitalist, but he emphasizes mindfulness in spending, whether personal or corporate.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-09-24/how-un-luxurious-is-pope-francis-compared-to-his-predecessors-
People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.

Martin Gisser

  • Guest
Re: Pope Francis' Encyclical on Climate Change
« Reply #80 on: September 25, 2015, 05:34:20 PM »
I've criticized a detail of the encyclical as criminal denial. But... for the record: I like this man, and he understands more than most mortals. Here is something I've never seen uttered before (except from me)
Quote
§160. What kind of world do we want to leave to those who come after us, to children who are now growing up? This question not only concerns the environment in isolation; the issue cannot be approached piecemeal. When we ask ourselves what kind of world we want to leave behind, we think in the first place of its general direction, its meaning and its values. Unless we struggle with these deeper issues, I do not believe that our concern for ecology will produce significant results. But if these issues are courageously faced, we are led inexorably to ask other pointed questions: What is the purpose of our life in this world? Why are we here? What is the goal of our work and all our efforts? What need does the earth have of us? It is no longer enough, then, simply to state that we should be concerned for future generations. We need to see that what is at stake is our own dignity. (...)
(My emph.)

ivica

  • Nilas ice
  • Posts: 1475
  • Kelele
    • View Profile
  • Liked: 99
  • Likes Given: 0
Re: Pope Francis' Encyclical on Climate Change
« Reply #81 on: September 25, 2015, 07:00:04 PM »
Pope Francis to the UN : concerted action in service

Quote
...
“First,” said Pope Francis, “a true ‘right of the environment’ does exist,” and he went on to articulate the twofold reason that compels us to recognize the truth of the claim. “We human beings are part of the environment,” he explained. “We live in communion with it, since the environment itself entails ethical limits which human activity must acknowledge and respect.”

...(Man) "is not authorized to abuse it, much less to destroy it.”

...there is nothing in this way of thinking that requires an assent of supernatural faith in order to appreciate it, to recognize its merits as a way of thinking...

First, last, and always a Pastor, Pope Francis was not telling the members of his audience what to think: he was showing them how, and he was inviting them to think with him – and so with a view to concerted action in service and pursuit of the genuine good. He had their attention because the authority of his office commanded it: he used the opportunity to demonstrate the Church’s expertise in humanity, and of what one can do – what we could do together – if only we were willing to avail ourselves of it.
(from Vatican Radio)

Sigmetnow

  • Multi-year ice
  • Posts: 25753
    • View Profile
  • Liked: 1153
  • Likes Given: 430
Re: Pope Francis' Encyclical on Climate Change
« Reply #82 on: September 25, 2015, 07:51:33 PM »
More on Pope Francis' U.N. speech:

Quote
The remarks echoed the pope's call to action on climate change in an encyclical earlier this year, in which he challenged the world, in moral terms, to stop pollution, to carpool and to do without air conditioning.

Francis told the U.N. that the consequences of "irresponsible mismanagement of the global economy" must be cause for reflection.

"The ecological crisis, and the large-scale destruction of biodiversity, can threaten the very existence of the human species," he warned.

The pope also declared that the poor have the right to lodging, labor and land, and that human development "presupposes and requires the right to education — also for girls."
http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/pope-francis-visits-america/pope-francis-america-u-n-speech-touches-environment-poverty-n433526
People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.

Sigmetnow

  • Multi-year ice
  • Posts: 25753
    • View Profile
  • Liked: 1153
  • Likes Given: 430
Re: Pope Francis' Encyclical on Climate Change
« Reply #83 on: September 26, 2015, 04:55:33 PM »
People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.

ivica

  • Nilas ice
  • Posts: 1475
  • Kelele
    • View Profile
  • Liked: 99
  • Likes Given: 0
Re: Pope Francis' Encyclical on Climate Change
« Reply #84 on: October 24, 2015, 11:00:39 AM »
Quote
Pope Francis has urged participants at an international Climate Change Conference to be guided by the “principles of a fair and integral ecology” that takes people into account.
Source: Vatican Radio.

Sigmetnow

  • Multi-year ice
  • Posts: 25753
    • View Profile
  • Liked: 1153
  • Likes Given: 430
Re: Pope Francis' Encyclical on Climate Change
« Reply #85 on: October 28, 2015, 02:37:41 PM »
Quote
The Catholic church has called on UN negotiators convening in Paris at the end of November to agree a goal for “complete decarbonisation” by 2050, and set a legally binding agreement to limit global temperature increase.

The statement, which was announced by the Vatican on Monday and signed by Catholic officials from five continents, represents a sweeping attempt to link climate change to social justice and the exclusion of poor people who stand to lose the most from global warming.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/26/catholic-church-un-agree-climate-change-goals
People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.

ivica

  • Nilas ice
  • Posts: 1475
  • Kelele
    • View Profile
  • Liked: 99
  • Likes Given: 0
Re: Pope Francis' Encyclical on Climate Change
« Reply #86 on: October 30, 2015, 09:49:39 AM »
Quote
November 2015 is a historical month to take action against climate change...
To get started, the Bishops of the world just released this “Appeal to the COP21 Negotiating Parties” and our movement responded with this “Call for a Month of Climate Action”...
Source.

Quote
"Our common home is being pillaged, laid waste and harmed with impunity. Cowardice in defending it is a grave sin ... People and their movements are called to cry out, to mobilize and to demand —peacefully, but firmly— that appropriate and urgently-needed measures be taken. I ask you, in the name of God, to defend Mother Earth." Pope Francis, Speech at World Meeting of Popular Movements, 9.07.2015.

ivica

  • Nilas ice
  • Posts: 1475
  • Kelele
    • View Profile
  • Liked: 99
  • Likes Given: 0
Re: Pope Francis' Encyclical on Climate Change
« Reply #87 on: October 31, 2015, 08:22:40 PM »
Quote
We strongly support “The Time to Act is Now: A Buddhist Declaration on Climate Change,” which is endorsed by a diverse and global representation of Buddhist leaders and Buddhist sanghas. We also welcome and support the climate change statements of other religious traditions. These include Pope Francis’s encyclical earlier this year, Laudato Si’: On Care for Our Common Home, the Islamic Declaration on Climate Change, as well as the upcoming Hindu Declaration on Climate Change.
Buddhist Climate Change Statement to World Leaders 2015, Oct 29 2015.

AbruptSLR

  • Multi-year ice
  • Posts: 19703
    • View Profile
  • Liked: 2268
  • Likes Given: 286
Re: Pope Francis' Encyclical on Climate Change
« Reply #88 on: November 19, 2015, 07:24:53 PM »
The linked article discusses follow-up efforts to the Pope's Encyclical on Climate Change; encouraging religions to move away from fundamentalism to towards more shared global humanitarian concerns:

http://www.dailyclimate.org/tdc-newsroom/2015/11/a-new-deal-of-sorts-for-religion
“It is not the strongest or the most intelligent who will survive but those who can best manage change.”
― Leon C. Megginson

ivica

  • Nilas ice
  • Posts: 1475
  • Kelele
    • View Profile
  • Liked: 99
  • Likes Given: 0
Re: Pope Francis' Encyclical on Climate Change
« Reply #89 on: November 24, 2015, 04:37:53 PM »
Pope Francis: ""

Sigmetnow

  • Multi-year ice
  • Posts: 25753
    • View Profile
  • Liked: 1153
  • Likes Given: 430
Re: Pope Francis' Encyclical on Climate Change
« Reply #90 on: November 25, 2015, 01:52:56 AM »
Quote
@billmckibben: W/Paris rallies cancelled, Vatican official urges everyone elsewhere to march this weekend for climate action https://t.co/c1miL2aBJD

https://twitter.com/billmckibben/status/669262645569171456
Quote
In a letter dated Monday, Cardinal Peter Turkson, head of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, encouraged all bishops “to offer your support in prayer, word and action” to the Global Climate March -- a series of more than 2,000 rallies worldwide, including 50 major marches, on Sunday ahead of the United Nations climate summit in Paris. NCR obtained a copy of the letter, which was apparently sent to all dioceses in the world.

Turkson suggested bishops “to offer the celebration of the Eucharist” on Nov. 29, the day of the march, “for a responsive and successful international conference and summit.” He also asked that they encourage Catholics and others “to exercise their ‘ecological citizenship’” by joining the march in one of the 1,000-plus events planned.

“This would surely help to reinforce the humble and peaceable spirit of Laudato si’, and it would spiritually express communion with the universal Church,” Turkson wrote.
http://ncronline.org/blogs/eco-catholic/turkson-invites-world-s-bishops-support-global-climate-march
People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.

Sigmetnow

  • Multi-year ice
  • Posts: 25753
    • View Profile
  • Liked: 1153
  • Likes Given: 430
Re: Pope Francis' Encyclical on Climate Change
« Reply #91 on: November 29, 2015, 02:40:42 AM »
COP21: Pope's adviser urges Catholics to join climate marches
Quote
In his letter to around 5,000 Catholic bishops around the world, the cardinal makes it clear that relying on political leaders to achieve environmental justice is not enough.

He states that more than one million people around the world are likely to take part in climate marches on 29 November.
The marchers will be exercising "global ecological citizenship", he says, and he suggests to the bishops that they "are warmly invited to offer your support in prayer, word and action".

The letter gives contact details for the bishops on how to find out about marches in their diocese.

"If you could please encourage the faithful and many others to exercise their 'ecological citizenship', this would surely help to reinforce the humble and peaceable spirit of Laudato si', and it would spiritually express communion with the universal church," the letter reads.
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-34948805
People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.

ivica

  • Nilas ice
  • Posts: 1475
  • Kelele
    • View Profile
  • Liked: 99
  • Likes Given: 0
Re: Pope Francis' Encyclical on Climate Change
« Reply #92 on: December 10, 2015, 12:32:57 AM »
Fiat Lux lights up St. Peter's Basilica for environmental awareness

Quote
The final event of the opening of the Holy Year was a light show on the facade of St. Peter’s Basilica, which was inspired by Pope Francis’ ecological encyclical Laudato Si’: On Care for our Common Home.

Sigmetnow

  • Multi-year ice
  • Posts: 25753
    • View Profile
  • Liked: 1153
  • Likes Given: 430
Re: Pope Francis' Encyclical on Climate Change
« Reply #93 on: December 14, 2015, 08:18:35 PM »
People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.

AbruptSLR

  • Multi-year ice
  • Posts: 19703
    • View Profile
  • Liked: 2268
  • Likes Given: 286
Re: Pope Francis' Encyclical on Climate Change
« Reply #94 on: January 12, 2016, 12:35:47 AM »
In line with the expected increase in climate refugees, Pope Francis' likely message to Donald Trump when he visits Mexico's Ciudad Juarez on the US border: "Mr Trump, don't build this wall!"

http://www.cruxnow.com/church/2016/01/11/five-places-where-pope-francis-political-lightning-might-strike-next/

Extract: "In 1987, Ronald Reagan famously stood in West Berlin and told the Soviets, “Tear down this wall!” Depending on what Francis says and does in Ciudad Juarez, it could be remembered as his “Don’t build this wall!” moment."
« Last Edit: January 12, 2016, 04:11:28 PM by AbruptSLR »
“It is not the strongest or the most intelligent who will survive but those who can best manage change.”
― Leon C. Megginson

Sigmetnow

  • Multi-year ice
  • Posts: 25753
    • View Profile
  • Liked: 1153
  • Likes Given: 430
Re: Pope Francis' Encyclical on Climate Change
« Reply #95 on: February 16, 2016, 01:19:48 PM »
Pope Francis tweeted:  "Among the poor being treated worst is our planet. We cannot pretend all is fine in the face of the great environmental crisis."

https://twitter.com/pontifex/status/699333650362421248
People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.

Sigmetnow

  • Multi-year ice
  • Posts: 25753
    • View Profile
  • Liked: 1153
  • Likes Given: 430
Re: Pope Francis' Encyclical on Climate Change
« Reply #96 on: March 15, 2016, 12:09:39 AM »
1 Minute 4 Earth recently retweeted Eric Holthaus' tweet from June 2015:  My favorite part of Pope Francis’ encyclical: A new prayer to help us commune with Nature:
https://twitter.com/ericholthaus/status/611607313636462592

Referencing his article:  http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2015/06/18/pope_francis_encyclical_laudato_si_reframes_climate_change_as_a_human_rights.html
People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.

Sigmetnow

  • Multi-year ice
  • Posts: 25753
    • View Profile
  • Liked: 1153
  • Likes Given: 430
Re: Pope Francis' Encyclical on Climate Change
« Reply #97 on: April 05, 2016, 07:43:52 PM »
Science!

Quote
The theories of evolution and the Big Bang are real and God is not “a magician with a magic wand”, Pope Francis has declared.

Speaking at the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, the Pope made comments which experts said put an end to the “pseudo theories” of creationism and intelligent design that some argue were encouraged by his predecessor, Benedict XVI.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/pope-francis-declares-evolution-and-big-bang-theory-are-right-and-god-isnt-a-magician-with-a-magic-9822514.html
People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.

Sigmetnow

  • Multi-year ice
  • Posts: 25753
    • View Profile
  • Liked: 1153
  • Likes Given: 430
Re: Pope Francis' Encyclical on Climate Change
« Reply #98 on: April 09, 2016, 01:48:12 AM »
Sanders Accepts Pope’s Invitation To Speak At Vatican About A “Moral Economy
Quote
Democratic presidential candidate and middle class crusader Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) will be taking a short hiatus from his campaign following the next debate to fly to Vatican City. There, he will join the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences for a conference with his Holiness Pope Francis on social, economic, and environmental issues.

“I am delighted to have been invited by the Vatican to a meeting on restoring social justice and environmental sustainability to the world economy,” Sanders said in the release. Pope Francis has made clear that we must overcome ‘the globalization of indifference’ in order to reduce economic inequalities, stop financial corruption and protect the natural environment. That is our challenge in the United States and in the world.”
http://occupydemocrats.com/2016/04/08/just-sanders-accepts-popes-invitation-speak-vatican-moral-economy-video-2/
People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.

Sigmetnow

  • Multi-year ice
  • Posts: 25753
    • View Profile
  • Liked: 1153
  • Likes Given: 430
Re: Pope Francis' Encyclical on Climate Change
« Reply #99 on: June 26, 2016, 06:55:41 PM »
One year later, how a Pope's message on climate has resonated
Quote
A SHIFT IN THOUGHT
Catholics worldwide are showing a new zeal for combatting climate change since Pope Francis highlighted the issue in 2015, experts say.

For Catholics around the world, climate change is a heightened priority – and many are taking action in the wake of efforts by Pope Francis to focus on environmental stewardship.

It’s a story that runs counter to popular perception, which holds that religious people do not believe in climate change – or believe that it falls outside the realm of human control.
http://m.csmonitor.com/Environment/2016/0624/One-year-later-how-a-Pope-s-message-on-climate-has-resonated
People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.