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Friday, June 19, 2015

"Earth is essentially a shared inheritance, whose fruits are meant to benefit everyone." -- Pope Francis

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COMMENTS:
*  Folks..... Climate Change is not political. It's life or death. The idiots at Fox News should know this.
*  Faux News is more dangerous than Pope Francis.
*  Yes the spiritual leader of the Catholic faith is the most dangerous man on the planet for understanding basic science and not being stupid enough to be misled or owned by the fossil fuel industry.
*  Greg Gutfeld is obviously an anti-Catholic bigot, and no respectable news organiztion would allow such a hater air-time to express his cess-pool views.
*  ... Did you know that the Pope is not merely a religious leader, but that he also has a PhD. in chemistry? That's right -- he's a scientist! That makes him a lot more qualified to talk about climate change than the politicians and pundits who deny climate change because it just doesn't fit their political agenda.
*   The role of the pope is to be a moral conscience for the world's Catholics. It is entirely appropriate for him to speak out on this important issue. Fox News has it all wrong!
*   Fox is newsertainment people!! That's all!! There is no journalism going on there!!
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Fox News Pundit Calls Pope Francis 'The Most Dangerous Person On The Planet' For Suggesting Climate Change Is Real
By Antonia Blumberg, June 18, 2015

Pope Francis's newly released papal letter on outlining the moral imperative of protecting the environment has upset some Catholics and conservatives who say the pontiff should stay out of the "political realm." But one conservative pundit went a step further by calling the pope "the most dangerous person on the planet."

Pope Francis earned such a title in Fox New pundit Greg Gutfeld's eyes for "seeking strange new respect" from his "adversaries" -- among whom, Gutfeld presumes, are liberals who might disagree with the pontiff's more conservative perspectives on gay marriage, women's ordination and contraception.

The pope opened the leaked draft of the encyclical by saying climate change is the Earth’s way of protesting “irresponsible use and abuse of the goods that God placed in her.

“We have grown up thinking that we were her owners and dominators, authorized to loot her,” the draft read, according to a translation by The Guardian. “The violence that exists in the human heart, wounded by sin, is also manifest in the symptoms of illness that we see in the Earth, the water, the air and in living things.”

The statements led Fox's Gutfeld to suggest Pope Francis "doesn’t want to be your grandfather’s pope" during a June 16 episode of "The Five" after a draft of the encyclical leaked to the public. "He wants to be a modern pope," Gutfeld lamented. "All he needs is dreadlocks and a dog with a bandana and he could be on Occupy Wall Street."

Juan Williams, another Fox News contributor, jumped in to challenge Gutfeld's statements and remind his colleague of the pope's spiritual interest in protecting the earth. "What about if the pope is simply saying… We should do all we can to support God’s green earth. Is that so radical?"

Pope Francis expanded on views regarding climate change on Twitter the day of the encyclical's official release.
Pope Francis  @Pontifex
Earth is essentially a shared inheritance, whose fruits are meant to benefit everyone. #LaudatoSi
1:20 PM - 18 Jun 2015

Pope Francis  @Pontifex
For believers, this becomes a question of fidelity to the Creator.
1:40 PM - 18 Jun 2015
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