Pope Francis has called for urgent political and spiritual conversion of global leaders and individuals in curbing climate change and ending policies that destroy the environment.
In a radically worded letter that was published on Thursday, the leader of the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics blamed human greed for the critical situation “Our Sister, mother Earth” now finds itself in.
“This sister now cries out to us because of the harm we have inflicted on her by our irresponsible use and abuse of the goods with which God has endowed her,” Francis writes.
Arguing that environmental damage is intimately linked to global inequality, he said doomsday predictions can no longer be dismissed, and “the earth, our home, is beginning to look more and more like an immense pile of filth”.
Green activists hailed the Pope’s widely-trailed intervention as a potential game-changer in the debate over what causes global warming and how to reverse it.
“Everyone, whether religious or secular, can and must respond to this clarion call for bold urgent action,” said Kumi Naido, the international executive director of Greenpeace.
Environmentalists hope the Pope’s message will significantly increase the pressure for binding restrictions on carbon emissions to be agreed at global talks in Paris at the end of this year.
Earlier this year, Francis also addressed the issue of the environment during his visit to the Philippines, which was hit by the supertyphoon Haiyan. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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