Pope Francis can always be counted on to embrace left-wing orthodoxy, which is why some critics refer to him as Pope Karl — as in Karl Marx.
On Monday, His Holiness met with U.S. climate envoy John Kerry, with the progressive Democrat being the first official to have a private audience with the pope since he had surgery ten days ago to repair an abdominal hernia, Reuters reported.
US climate envoy John Kerry met Pope Francis, the first official to have a private audience with him since his discharge from hospital. The Pope left Rome’s Gemelli Hospital on Friday, nine days after surgery to repair an abdominal hernia https://t.co/QCzGGDgwDO pic.twitter.com/blRga08RMC
— Reuters (@Reuters) June 20, 2023
“He was in great spirits and great form … I was really amazed. He embraced a lot of our conversation. It was a nice meeting,” Kerry said, according to the news agency.
Taking to Twitter to share a photo, Kerry tweeted: “For years, Pope Francis has championed greater global climate ambition – and his Laudato Si’ remains a landmark call to protect God’s creation. It was an honor to meet with the Holy Father to discuss ways to mobilize resources, inspire action and keep 1.5 degrees within reach.”
For years, Pope Francis has championed greater global climate ambition – and his Laudato Si’ remains a landmark call to protect God’s creation.
It was an honor to meet with the Holy Father to discuss ways to mobilize resources, inspire action and keep 1.5 degrees within reach. pic.twitter.com/l4dqAA3y1M
— Special Presidential Envoy John Kerry (@ClimateEnvoy) June 19, 2023
Francis wrote Laudato Si (Praised Be) in 2015, with Reuters describing it as “a landmark encyclical on the need to protect the environment, combat climate change and reduce use of fossil fuels.”
Kerry is reportedly making the rounds ahead of COP28, the latest U.N. climate summit scheduled to take place at the end of this year in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates.
“Now we have to continue and have the next movement, if you will, and I think COP28 in Dubai presents a good opportunity to do that because we all understand the implications of what’s been happening over the last few years,” Kerry said.
“This is getting more challenging, more serious, more immediate than it has been at any time, and I think that you are going to see more action as a result of that,” he added.
Here’s a quick sampling of responses to the story, as seen on Twitter:
Says Mr 10 jets and a house by the sea and obscenely large bank account, now I wonder how you got that. There is no climate crisis just climate scam profiting by you and that liar Gore
— Collari Mugs (@Collariinfo) June 19, 2023
There for your Exorcism ?
— TheFarLeftHasGoneTooFar (@Stop_Globalists) June 19, 2023
While you regulate to control people in the name of God, at the same time you murder God’s children in the womb.
— Phil Scimemi (@phil_scimemi) June 19, 2023
Must be a lot of reconciliation for all the climate lies he tells.
— BHL (@BHLevesque) June 19, 2023
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Tom Tillison grew up in Maryland before moving to Central Florida as a young teen. It is in the Sunshine State that he honed both his passion for politics and his writing skills. Tillison also contributes to BizPac Review.
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