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Pope Francis Couldn’t Travel to the U.N. Climate Summit, but His Voice Did (www.nytimes.com)
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[–] amiuhle@feddit.de 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Who cares what representatives of neoliberal governments and fossil fuel companies have to say about this? The Pope is not the biggest problem at the COP.

[–] Son_of_dad@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Religion being involved in political and global affairs will always be the biggest problem in my eyes tbh

[–] amiuhle@feddit.de 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I don't think the problem with structures like the church is that it's always an asshole that makes it to the top. It's that there's always a risk that one will make it.

I agree with your criticism about the Catholic Church (I wouldn't call this the biggest problem though), but from what I've read, the current Pope is more of an asset than a liability on this topic.