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Vatican Newspaper Op-Ed: Address Climate Change Now Before it is Too Late
Catholic Culture ^ | 8/8/16

Posted on 08/08/2016 7:39:24 PM PDT by marshmallow

In a front-page column in the August 7 edition of the Vatican newspaper, Italian philosopher Luca Possati said that climate change must be addressed now before it is too late.

Citing a report released on August 2 by the National Centers for Environmental Information, Possati noted that the year 2015 was the warmest since climate recordkeeping began in the nineteenth century.

Recalling that the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change contains no sanctions, Possati called for a “new globalized approach to development” in which climate change, poverty, and inequality are addressed holistically.

Adesso o mai più (L’Osservatore Romano, p. 1)


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1 posted on 08/08/2016 7:39:24 PM PDT by marshmallow
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To: marshmallow

There is no such thing as a scientific “fact.”

Science deals in hypotheses and experimental results.

When enough experimental results are gathered to either affirm or refute an hypothesis, that hypothesis is considered to be scientifically validated or invalidated.

Furthermore, according to Godel’s Incompleteness Theorem, no hypothesis, or “model,” can ever completely define the natural world.

There is always a better hypothesis (or model) than the one we have, we just haven’t found it yet.

In other words, there is no such thing as “settled science.”


2 posted on 08/08/2016 7:42:43 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: marshmallow

The fake Pope was installed for just this sort of thing.
Global wealth redistribution using phony climate change claims.

And absolving Islam of its bloody history and ideology.


3 posted on 08/08/2016 7:43:10 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam , Know Peace)
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To: marshmallow

Et tu, Pape?


4 posted on 08/08/2016 7:43:11 PM PDT by PROCON (Americans First or Terrorists First - Choose in November)
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To: marshmallow

Dear Pope, You of all people should know, only God decides when it is to late.


5 posted on 08/08/2016 7:46:04 PM PDT by political1 (Love your neighbors)
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To: PROCON
Lol. I truly despise this man, and the Hard Left direction the Catholic Church leaders are heading. I don't say leading us because this TRC doesn't attend their propaganda masses. I go to a Traditional Roman Catholic Church and I don't get any if this B.S.
6 posted on 08/08/2016 7:46:57 PM PDT by MotorCityBuck ( Keep the change, you filthy animal! ,)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

You nailed it. Exactly this. *SPIT*


7 posted on 08/08/2016 7:47:45 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

The rock star pope strikes again. Instead of worshiping our Creator who created this earth, this buffoon “pope” chooses to side with the Gaia faction, worshiping the created. The man is a fool and a false prophet.


8 posted on 08/08/2016 7:48:03 PM PDT by Fungi (Make America America again.)
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To: marshmallow

the earth and climate change - the new golden calf


9 posted on 08/08/2016 7:50:13 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: Lurkinanloomin; PROCON

I hate to say this as a Catholic, but I dont think the pope has that much power anymore except in third world countries or countries with dictators.

I dont think he’s swaying a single vote either way in Europe or America.

Th press will try to use him, but to no effect.


10 posted on 08/08/2016 7:50:45 PM PDT by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: marshmallow

What is “Climate change” quantitatively? We need specifics from the pope. help us pions out here guy. We are witnessing no global warming at all. In fact , the earth climate is cooling. Are we entering an “ice age” . The Ice mass at the poles has increased!!! Where, from hell, are you coming from? WE NEED SPECIFIC MEASURABLE CRITERIA!! Otherwise Shut up!!


11 posted on 08/08/2016 7:50:46 PM PDT by WENDLE (Hillary has bad brain damage!)
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To: marshmallow

I just held in a fart.


12 posted on 08/08/2016 7:51:31 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up....)
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To: marshmallow

Ok, I really didn’t.


13 posted on 08/08/2016 7:52:02 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up....)
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To: marshmallow

Something tells me that Francis is not going to be a happy camper if Trump is elected, since Trump doesn’t believe in global warming.


14 posted on 08/08/2016 7:53:51 PM PDT by BlessedBeGod (To restore all things in Christ ~~~~ Appeasing evil is cowardice.)
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To: marshmallow

thought Al told us about ten years or so ago we had ten years remaining.


15 posted on 08/08/2016 7:54:50 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: MotorCityBuck

“Recalling that the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change contains no sanctions, Possati called for a “new globalized approach to development” in which climate change, poverty, and inequality are addressed holistically.”

The notion of “man-made global warming”, now “climate change” to make it non-falsifiable, only caught on because of the implications it has for global government and redistribution of wealth.

That is why all the left love it so much. They do not care about the “science” one bit, except for how it might be leveraged to bring them power and control.

“Science” is just a lever they use to dupe the gullible.


16 posted on 08/08/2016 7:55:01 PM PDT by marktwain
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To: BlessedBeGod

Hysterical demands to “do something now before the jig is up!” do not instill confidence.


17 posted on 08/08/2016 7:56:57 PM PDT by Louis Foxwell (Stop the Left and save the world.)
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To: marktwain

Yea. I get all that. As most on this site do. However the “Science” fools way to many. Thats the problem. Too many “Trusted” Institutions are lying to the gullible.


18 posted on 08/08/2016 7:59:08 PM PDT by MotorCityBuck ( Keep the change, you filthy animal! ,)
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To: marshmallow

Here’s an idea, how about you preach the saving grace of Jesus Christ to the Muslim world before it’s too late. Just a thought.


19 posted on 08/08/2016 7:59:54 PM PDT by mancini
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To: DesertRhino
I just held in a fart.

Thanks for that. Offsets my bean burrito now on my monitor after reading this. I'm going to invest in cork.

20 posted on 08/08/2016 8:01:35 PM PDT by Karliner ( Jeremiah 29:11, Romans 8:28- 8:38"...this is the end of the beginning."WC)
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