"Pope Leo XIV has taken aim at people who ridicule those who speak of global warming as he embraced Pope Francis's environmental legacy and made it his own in some of his strongest and most extensive comments on the subject to date. Leo presided over the 10th-anniversary celebration of Francis's landmark ecological encyclical, Laudato Si (Praised Be), at a global gathering south of Rome."
"Leo told the estimated 1,000 representatives from environmental and Indigenous groups that they needed to put pressure on national governments to develop tougher standards to mitigate the damage already done. He said he hoped the upcoming UN climate conference will listen to the cry of the Earth and the cry of the poor. He did not name names but history's first American pope spoke just days after Donald Trump complained, with false statements, to the UN general assembly about the con job of global warming."
Laudato Si's environmental legacy was embraced and ridicule of those who raise alarms about global warming was condemned. Pressure was urged on national governments to adopt tougher standards to mitigate existing environmental damage. Hope was expressed that the upcoming UN climate conference will heed the cry of the Earth and the cry of the poor. Francis's 2023 follow-up encyclical calling for binding targets to slow climate change before it is too late was cited. The tendency of some leaders to deride climate signs and blame vulnerable populations was noted. A change of heart was called for and Christians were urged to participate in care for creation.
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