scientists appealed to logic; the pope sought to engage the soul This is exactly what we need," said Texas Tech climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe, an evangelical Christian"We need leaders who speak to values, connecting the dots between values and climate change At the heart of Pope Francis' theological argument is the concept of integral ecol ogy" which gives the environment a more central role in longstanding Catholic social teaching by linking destruction of nature with injustices such as poverty, hunger inequality and violations ofhuman dignity. Archbishop Joseph Kurtz of Louisville, Kentucky, the head of the US bishops' con- ference, called the encyclical"marching orders for advocacy
While encyclicals carry"substantial doctrinal authority' Richard Gaillardetz, a Boston College theologian, said individuals can judge whether a specific policy recom mendation best fulfils church teaching. Pope Francis called for a bold cultural revolution to correct what he said was a"structurally perverse" economic system in which the rich exploited the poor. Citing the deforestation of the Amazon, the melting of Arctic glaciers and the deaths of coral reefs, Pope Francis rebuked"obstructionist" climate doubt- ers who"seem mostly to be concerned with masking the problems or concealing their symptoms And he accused politicians of listening more to oil industry interests than Scrip ture, common sense or the cries of the poor. The pope will address Congress i September.
scientists appealed to logic; the pope sought to engage the soul This is exactly what we need," said Texas Tech climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe, an evangelical Christian"We need leaders who speak to values, connecting the dots between values and climate change At the heart of Pope Francis' theological argument is the concept of integral ecol ogy" which gives the environment a more central role in longstanding Catholic social teaching by linking destruction of nature with injustices such as poverty, hunger inequality and violations ofhuman dignity. Archbishop Joseph Kurtz of Louisville, Kentucky, the head of the US bishops' con- ference, called the encyclical"marching orders for advocacyWhile encyclicals carry"substantial doctrinal authority' Richard Gaillardetz, a Boston College theologian, said individuals can judge whether a specific policy recom mendation best fulfils church teaching. Pope Francis called for a bold cultural revolution to correct what he said was a"structurally perverse" economic system in which the rich exploited the poor. Citing the deforestation of the Amazon, the melting of Arctic glaciers and the deaths of coral reefs, Pope Francis rebuked"obstructionist" climate doubt- ers who"seem mostly to be concerned with masking the problems or concealing their symptoms And he accused politicians of listening more to oil industry interests than Scrip ture, common sense or the cries of the poor. The pope will address Congress i September.
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