Pope Calls for Action to Avert Environmental Disaster

Pope Francis took his message of caring for the planet to the offices of the U.N. Environment Program in Nairobi on Thursday and called for immediate action to stem climate change and protect the environment. "In this international context, we are confronted with a choice which cannot be ignored: either to improve or to destroy the environment,” the pontiff said in his address at the U.N. compound. Francis urged that selfish interests be put aside. “In a few days, an...

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