Global climate change: Are you smarter than five Popes put together?

This Sunday, September 21, people will be marching around the world (including here in Portland), set to coincide with the big one in NYC, on the eve of a summit on climate change at the UN.  To wit, my small contribution to this effort is a compilation of quotes from the last five Popes, on the issue of the environment.

Are you smarter than five Popes put together?

• Pope Paul VI -- “Man is suddenly becoming aware that by an ill-considered exploitation of nature he risks destroying it and becoming in his turn the victim of this degradation.”  May 1971
• Pope John Paul I -- “The danger for modern man is that he would reduce the earth to a desert, the person to an automaton, brotherly love to a planned collectivization, often introducing death where God wishes life.” August 1978
• Pope John Paul II -- “We cannot interfere in one area of the ecosystem without paying due attention both to the consequences of such interference in other areas and to the well being of future generations.” January 1990
• Pope Benedict XVI -- “In fact, it is obvious by now that there will be no good future for humanity on earth unless we teach everyone a lifestyle that is more responsible towards creation.” November 2011
• Pope Francis -- “People occasionally forgive, but nature never does. If we don’t take care of the environment, there’s no way of getting around it.” April 2013

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