Pope John Paul II first raised the greenhouse effect as a moral issue in his landmark 1990 World Day of Peace message. Two decades later. Pope Benedict XVI shined a light on environmental refugees in his World Day of Peace message and committed the Vatican to going carbon neutral. including installing a massive solar panel energy system on one of the largest buildings in the Vatican. As the leader of more than 1 billion Catholics around the world. many of whom are suffering from the worst consequences of global warmingdisease. displacement. povertyit is the Popes responsibility to speak out on behalf of the people he leads. And that is exactly what he will be calling all of us to do.
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