The Pope does it again with this statement. It's interesting that the head of the purportedly conservative Catholic Church is more in line with the likes of progressives like Bernie and AOC on this issue.
"A new 226-page document issued by the Vatican on Thursday was applauded
by climate campaigners who said the new environmental guidance from the
Catholic Church and Pope Francis, including a call to divest financially
from the fossil fuel industry, exemplifies the positive and
far-reaching role that faith organizations can play in the global
effort to lower emissions and usher in an era of spiritual as well as
planetary rebirth."
"The document, which emerges with the Pope's blessing, urges the
de-carbonization of the global economy and urges investment in 'clean
and renewable' energy to protect the world's oceans, "the common good of
entire human family,' and ecological systems. It also promotes a more
sustainable 'circular economy' that reduces exploitation of people and
natural resources and a reform to government subsidies of fossil fuels.
In addition to a tax on carbon and other forms pollution, the document
encourages Catholics to divest from oil, coal, and gas and to reinvest
in life-affirming forms of energy."
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