Pope to politicians: Be courageous, show vision on climate

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis connected Sunday urged governmental and economical leaders to amusement courageousness and long-range vision, hours aft U.N. led-climate talks successful Glasgow, Scotland, ended successful compromise connected however to combat planetary warming.

Francis successful remarks to the nationalist successful St. Peter’s Square said the “cry of the poor, agreed to the outcry of the Earth, resounded successful the past days astatine the United Nations COP26 acme connected clime change.”

“I promote each those who person governmental and economical responsibilities to enactment instantly with courageousness and farsightedness,’’ helium said. “At the aforesaid time, I invitation each persons of bully volition to transportation retired progressive citizenry to attraction for the communal house,’’ Francis said, referring to satellite Earth.

The pontiff didn’t remark connected the result of the 2 weeks of U.N. talks.

Nearly 200 nations agreed to a compromise woody aimed astatine keeping live a planetary warming target. But a last-minute alteration diluted important connection astir the usage of coal, a fossil substance whose usage is the biggest azygous root of greenhouse state emissions.

Francis has made attraction to the Earth’s situation a large plank of his papacy, dedicating an encyclical, oregon large document, to the motivation imperative of responsibly protecting the planet.