Vatican says Trump's climate decisions are 'a slap in the face,' like believing in flat earth theor

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Vatican says Trump's climate decisions are 'a slap in the face,' like believing in flat earth theory
By Walter Einenkel
Thursday Jun 01, 2017 · 4:01 PM EST


This past September, Pope Francis held a World Day of Prayer that was almost entirely dedicated to the global problem of climate change. On Thursday, surrounded by plants that will surely die in the White House’s Rose Garden, unpopular President Trump announced that the United States would be pulling out of the Paris Climate agreement. A short while before Trump’s official statement, Reuters reported on Vatican Bishop Marcelo Sanchez’s feelings about the reports that the United States was going to do just this.


"If he really does (pull out), it would be a huge slap in the face for us," said Bishop Marcelo Sanchez Sorondo, head of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, which has hosted numerous international conferences on climate change.

"It will be a disaster for everyone," he told the Rome newspaper La Repubblica. In a telephone call with Reuters, Sanchez Sorondo confirmed the comments in the newspaper.


Well, he has pulled out and it is a slap in the face.


Sanchez Sorondo said he believed the U.S. oil lobby was behind the decision and that the industry had "maneuvered" Trump.

A withdrawal "would not only be a disaster but completely unscientific," he said. "Saying that we need to rely on coal and oil is like saying that the earth is not round. It is an absurdity dictated by the need to make money."

[LisaM]

1. The US oil lobby....

and the Russian oil lobby.

[smirkymonkey]

2. I never thought I would see the day when the Vatican had more scientific credibility than the

leaders of the U.S. Government.

[Scurrilous]

3. LOL

[pnwmom]

5. Galileo lived a long time ago. Catholic Universities around the world

teach actual science, unlike some fundie schools.

[WinkyDink]

6. What century is this?

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

4. Drumpf gets body slammed

[NickB79]

7. When are the Bible-beaters that protest Planned Parenthood going to protest the White House?

After all, if they're pro-life because their religion tells them to be, and now their religion is telling them climate change is a grave threat to humanity, they should be marching any day now, right?

Right?

Right?

Hello??????