Pope: World Headed Toward ‘Suicide’ Without Climate Agreement
Pope Francis says the world must have a climate agreement for its own survival.
REUTERS/Daniel Dal ZennaroThe pope, who wrote a major document on the environment last June, made the comment in an hour-long news conference aboard the plane returning him to Rome at the end of a six-day trip to Africa.
The freewheeling conversations have become a trademark of his papacy and the few times he takes direct questions from journalists.
Francis, who visited Kenya, Uganda and the Central African Republic, also said the continent was “a martyr of exploitation” by wealthy countries who lust after its natural resources and try to impose Western values instead of concentrating on development.
The pope was asked if the U.N. climate summit in Paris would mark a turnaround in the fight against global warming.
“I am not sure, but I can say to you ‘now or never’,” he said. “Every year the problems are getting worse. We are at the limits. If I may use a strong word I would say that we are at the limits of suicide.”
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14 responses to Pope: World Headed Toward ‘Suicide’ Without Climate Agreement
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FatRat November 30th, 2015 at 15:39
Brains vs. Brawn.
New paradigm.
Brains and Brawn.
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whatthe46 December 1st, 2015 at 10:34
i wonder if he got butthurt.
dewired4u November 30th, 2015 at 15:53
He’s right.
Red Eye Robot November 30th, 2015 at 17:16
Since liberals want to make assisted suicide legal, Shouldn’t you be for global warming?
Roctuna November 30th, 2015 at 18:23
Just like all conservatives want to kill abortion doctors, vandalize their clinics and terrorize the staff and patients? Why do you make such a habit of saying stupid things?
Scopedog November 30th, 2015 at 19:02
Since you are a class A-1 D-bag, can you please just shut the hell up?
Wendy Sibley November 30th, 2015 at 19:32
Just think: if assisted suicide was available you could put yourself out of your misery.
bpollen December 1st, 2015 at 05:59
Sorry, children playing with matches burned down your strawman argument. 6000 acres of virgin forest were destroyed. Thanks, conservatives!
MyDogsAreSmarterThanYou December 1st, 2015 at 10:05
Talk about the mother of all false comparisons.
By the way, how’s it going Gary?!?!?!
edsfarm November 30th, 2015 at 20:53
Enough of the climate change nonsense. Under the Obama’s leadership there is more racial divide, the economy and world affairs is crumbling around us so he diverts attention to the urgency of global warming. This man needs an intervention!
tracey marie November 30th, 2015 at 21:02
triple k types and their intelligence have crumbled…run along now troll.
bpollen December 1st, 2015 at 05:56
Oh, the humanity! The wanton ignorance! The unmitigated derpitude!
“”What is a conservative after all but one who conserves, one who is committed to protecting and holding close the things by which we live…And we want to protect and conserve the land on which we live — our countryside, our rivers and mountains, our plains and meadows and forests. This is our patrimony. This is what we leave to our children. And our great moral responsibility is to leave it to them either as we found it or better than we found it.”
– The Patron Saint of Republicans, Ronald Reagan, June 19, 1984
Warman1138 December 1st, 2015 at 00:18
I like this pope, he gets it.
Jimmy Fleck December 1st, 2015 at 10:27
You have to wonder how seriously the people at this conference view climate change and the need to reduce CO2 production.
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/11/30/witness-carbon-footprint-fully-armed-operational-climate-summit/