Pope Francis Addresses Climate Change with President Obama, Congress and the United Nations Assembly during his visit to the United States
Pope Francis made an historic trip to the United States where he visited, Washington D.C., New York City and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was his first visit to the U.S. As the first Pope to address congress, Pope Francis discussed the need to protect the earth from the effects of climate change. The Pope also addressed the challenge of climate change in his meeting with President Obama and with the United Nations General Assembly. Pope Francis was the fifth Pope to visit the United Nations. To deal with climate change, the Pope called for “courageous and responsible effort to ‘redirect our steps’ and to avert the most serious side effects of the environmental deterioration caused by human activity”.
For articles and pictures of Pope Francis’ visit to the United States and his and his perspective on climate change, please check out the articles linked below.
The 5 Most Important Points of Pope Francis’s Climate Change Encyclical:
http://time.com/3925520/pope-francis-climate-change-encyclical/
In speech to Congress, Pope Francis urges action on immigration, climate
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2015/09/24/pope-congress-speech-historic-climate-change-republicans-democrats/72706718/
Pope Francis pushes world leaders at U.N. to protect environment
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/09/25/pope-francis-united-nations-address-migrants-climate/72746990/
Pope Departs, After Showing a Deft Touch
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/09/28/us/pope-departs-after-showing-a-deft-touch.html?emc=edit_th_20150928&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=67853984&_r=0&referer=
Pope Francis surprised by warmth of Americans and devoutness of the faithful
http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/28/us/pope-trip-wrap-vatican/
