NEWS: Pope calls for urgent climate action

Releasing his long-awaited encyclical on “care for our common home”, Pope Francis said on Thursday that the world needs to transform its economics, politics and the way people live in order to tackle climate change and environmental degradation.



Francis likened the earth to a sister, “With whom we share life.” It sustained life and gave humanity the basis for its growth. But in return humans have abused the relationship, he said. “We have come to see ourselves as her lords and masters, entitled to plunder her at will.”


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