Pope Francis endorses climate action petition

May 15, 2015
By Brian Roewe
National Catholic Reporter

A petition calling for world leaders to address climate change and “drastically cut carbon emissions” received a big endorsement last week in Rome from the pope.

Members of the Global Catholic Climate Movement met with Pope Francis May 6 while in Rome for planning meetings around the upcoming papal encyclical on the environment. During his weekly audience in St. Peter’s Square, they introduced their petition and asked for his blessing.