Global Warming on Free Republic here, here and here
This Pope’s actions could cause a major schism.
The Pope’s opinion on “climate change” is no less valid than mine.And no more valid.
+1 on Pell
As a practicing Roman Catholic I feel I need to remind everyone that this institution has had all kinds of bad popes and when they forget the admonition “My Kingdom Is Not Of This World” .This church gets into all sorts of trouble. But survives.
These meandering homilys of This pope on temporal matters diffuse any theologic message Pope Francis offers. Snowballs should be thrown at those pointy hat supporters of his as well as opposition clearly expressed to those meanderings on any visit Francis may make here.
How many chaplains can the Pope appoint for the Sovereign Military Order of Malta?
Scriptures trump man’s often misguided “reasoning” imo. And regarding climate issues God assured us in Genesis 8:22 that cold and heat, summer and winter would never cease for as long as the earth endures.
I guess the church didn’t learn its lesson when it was on the wrong side of heliocentrism. Now Frankie the idiot pope is going to steer the church to the wrong side of the climate change debate.
This Pope appears to suffer a kind of Cassandra complex. He is infallible in matters of faith and morals, but he has no idea of the difference between faith and morals, versus science and economics.
Note here that he is talking about the technical aspects of scientific matters (e.g. What is the best treatment for lung cancer? What is the most efficient way of producing ethanol? etc.) and not the moral aspects of scientific matters (e.g. Is in vitro fertilization permissible?). The latter is certainly within the Church's area of competence and it can and should pronounce on it, whereas the former is not.
Thus, a statement such as "Increased use of air conditioners is causing global warming" would be a technical issue and beyond the Church's competence to evaluate.
Global Warming on Free Republic here, here and here