The Pope, apparently having succeeded in getting people to repent of old fashioned sins, now has made up a process of repentance for eco sins:
Examining our consciences, repentance and confession to our Father who is rich in mercy lead to a firm purpose of amendment. This in turn must translate into concrete ways of thinking and acting that are more respectful of creation. For example: “avoiding the use of plastic and paper, reducing water consumption, separating refuse, cooking only what can reasonably be consumed, showing care for other living beings, using public transport or car-pooling, planting trees, turning off unnecessary lights, or any number of other practices” (Laudato Si’, 211). We must not think that these efforts are too small to improve our world. They “call forth a goodness which, albeit unseen, inevitably tends to spread” and encourage “a prophetic and contemplative lifestyle, one capable of deep enjoyment free of the obsession with consumption” (ibid., 212, 222).
In the same way, the resolve to live differently should affect our various contributions to shaping the culture and society in which we live. Indeed, “care for nature is part of a lifestyle which includes the capacity for living together and communion” (Laudato Si’, 228). Economics and politics, society and culture cannot be dominated by thinking only of the short-term and immediate financial or electoral gains. Instead, they urgently need to be redirected to the common good, which includes sustainability and care for creation.
One concrete case is the “ecological debt” between the global north and south (cf. Laudato Si’, 51-2). Repaying it would require treating the environments of poorer nations with care and providing the financial resources and technical assistance needed to help them deal with climate change and promote sustainable development.
The protection of our common home requires a growing global political consensus. Along these lines, I am gratified that in September 2015 the nations of the world adopted the Sustainable Development Goals, and that, in December 2015, they approved the Paris Agreement on climate change, which set the demanding yet fundamental goal of halting the rise of the global temperature. Now governments are obliged to honour the commitments they made, while businesses must also responsibly do their part. It is up to citizens to insist that this happen, and indeed to advocate for even more ambitious goals.
Changing course thus means “keeping the original commandment to preserve creation from all harm, both for our sake and for the sake of our fellow human beings.”[7] A single question can keep our eyes fixed on the goal: “What kind of world do we want to leave to those who come after us, to children who are now growing up?” (Laudato Si’, 160).
Go here to read the rest. The Pope is taking one of the chief tasks of the Church, leading people from sin to salvation, and prostituting it to his green agenda. May God forgive him for his sacrilege.
What I find interesting in many of his letters, Exhortations etc. is his absence or near absence of Scriptural references. I remember in Instrumentum Labors of the Extraordinary Synod on the Family that initially there were few if any. This is yet another example.
Pope Francis seems to be discovering new Revelation.
“Pope Francis seems to be discovering new Revelation.”
I believe the phrase we use in my profession is the judge is “making it up as he goes along” or, vulgarly, that the judge “pulled that “rule of law” out of one of his bodily orifices”.
Just another reason for faithful Catholics to ignore Pope Francis. How sad, but a situation entirely of his doing.
The man uses more fossil fuel in a take off of his plane than I use in a month. He is oblivious to his own behaviour.
His travels to photo ops worldwide must be part of the hermeneutic of exploration which Cardinal Vallini, his vicar for the Rome diocese, has just coined in Rome’s acceptance of the full permissions of Amoris Laetetia. From OnePeterfive website, the Cardinal is quoted: ” Pope Francis develops the previous magisterium in the line of the hermeneutic of continuity and of exploration [sic], and not in discontinuity and rupture.”
” Exploration”…. the Pope does it with his plane and with the internal conscience of a man who left his older wife for a pole dancer and fire worshipper from Tierra del Fuego. ” Exploration”….the new hermeneutic…but it’s never rupture or discontinuity….don’t believe your lying common sense.
The new revelation Pope Francis is discovering is actual 11th Commandment: Thou shall not take thy name of Al Gore in vain.
Unutterably tiresome.
Biblical sin seems to be meaningless to this guy.
“Go here to read the rest.” I would rather have not read any of it. It is an embarrassment to read such worldly and fatuous nonsense coming from the head of the world’s greatest religion. How could he do such a thing? Well, let’s just start with a loss of faith.
May God have Mercy on his soul and everyone who listens to him.
If stopping fossil fuel pollution of the environment were a REAL issue – if they really believed that crap – then they would be screaming for govt and business to go full tilt nuclear.
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But they don’t.
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Because they do NOT believe.
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It’s all a freaking game and I refuse to play it.
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Georgius Bergoglius demovendus et anathemandus est!
Bless me Father, for I have used my electric pencil sharpener four times since my last confession?
“If you don’t recycle you must go confession!”
Hahaha! What a joke. I can’t even…