Pope voices support for UN effort on climate change
September 24, 2009
Pope Benedict XVI has sent a videotaped message to the UN summit meeting on climate change, encouraging world leaders to "enter into their discussions constructively and with generous courage." Recalling the message of his encyclical, Caritas Veritate, the Pontiff said that protection of the environment is a moral imperative and a form of solidarity with future generations.
"The protection of the environment, and the safeguarding of resources and of the climate, oblige all leaders to act jointly, respecting the law and promoting solidarity with the weakest regions of the world," the Pope told the international leaders gathered in New York. "For this to happen it is essential that the current model of global development be transformed through a greater, and shared, acceptance of responsibility for creation: this is demanded not only by environmental factors, but also by the scandal of hunger and human misery."
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