Bloomberg excerpt:
The new pontiff appears inclined to follow in his predecessor’s green footsteps.
In picking a new leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics, the Vatican had a chance to honor the late Pope Francis’ legacy as the greenest pope in modern history. In choosing the American (and Peruvian) Cardinal Robert Prevost — henceforth known as Pope Leo XIV — his fellow cardinals appear to have seized that opportunity. Humanity’s hope of avoiding the worst of climate change can only benefit.
We’ll learn more about the pope’s views in the days to come. But he is on record telling a seminar last November that the world must move “from words to action” on climate change. In the same speech, he warned that humanity’s “dominion over nature” shouldn’t be “tyrannical” but “a relationship of reciprocity.” He also touted the Vatican’s green record, including purchases of solar panels and electric vehicles — a fleet that now includes the first all-electric Popemobile.
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Flashback 2024 via Vatican News:
Speaking on the deteriorating environmental crisis facing the world, Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, president of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America and Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops, stressed it is time to move “from words to action.” He said the answer to this challenge must be based on the Social Doctrine of the Church.
“Dominion over nature”—the task which God gave humanity—should not become “tyrannical.” It must be a “relationship of reciprocity” with the environment, he said.
The Cardinal cautioned against the “harmful” consequences of technological development and reiterated the Holy See’s commitment to protecting the environment, enumerating examples, like the Vatican installing solar panels and shifting to electric vehicles.
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Al Gore hopeful Pope Leo XIV ‘will be so crucial on this vitally important issue’ of climate change
Background:
Reality Check to Pope Francis:
2015 Special Report: ‘Unholy Alliance’ – Exposing The Radicals Advising Pope Francis on Climate
2015: VATICAN HEAVIES SILENCE ‘CLIMATE HERETICS’ AT UN PAPAL SUMMIT IN ROME
