How climate-change doubters lost a papal fight
By Anthony Faiola and Chris Mooney June 20 at 9:26 PM
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis was about to take a major step backing the science behind human-driven global warming, and Philippe de Larminat was determined to change his mind.
A French doubter who authored a book arguing that solar activity — not greenhouse gases — was driving global warming, de Larminat sought a spot at a climate summit in April sponsored by the Vatican’s Pontifical Academy of Sciences. Nobel laureates would be there. So would U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, U.S. economist Jeffrey Sachs and others calling for dramatic steps to curb carbon emissions.
After securing a high-level meeting at the Vatican, he was told that, space permitting, he could join. He bought a plane ticket from Paris to Rome. But five days before the April 28 summit, de Larminat said, he received an e-mail saying there was no space left. It came after other scientists — as well as the powerful Vatican bureaucrat in charge of the academy — insisted he had no business being there.
“They did not want to hear an off note,” de Larminat said.
The PC Pope
The “off note” was the only one that was played in tune. Woe to those who have ears and yet refuse to hear.
Apparently the Vatican was only interested in surrounding the Pope with globull warming yes men.
PC ? No.
He’s a Jesuit.
He says what he thinks is right. And then backs it up.
The end never justifies the means.
I can’t help but think that there’s an element of clever strategy in the Pope taking up this cause. The Catholic Church is under serious stress due to declining numbers and endless sexual abuse cases. Here comes a man who genuinely seems to be connected and in step with everyday people. Climate Change? Generally speaking, the most noise that comes from the Climate Change masses are Leftists. Leftists also tend to be the most anti–Catholic and generally anti-religion of all. The greatest threat to the Catholic Church comes from Liberals and their leanings towards atheism. What better way to get them off your back than to take up one of the most important Leftist causes?
This strategy never works Declan…
The atheist, Catholic hating leftists will agree with the Pope as long as he serves their purposes, but they will never a) lose their disdain for religion of any kind (except for perhaps some generic mysticism) – especially Catholicism and
b) will never back off their vehement attack on Catholicism and religion, let alone ever rejoin the church.