Cardinals, facing camera from left, Jean-Claude Hollerich, synod’s general rapporteur, and Mario Grech, synod’s secretary general, listen to Pope Francis during the opening session of the 16th General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops in the Paul VI Hall at …off a weekslong gathering in Rome aimed at charting the future course of the Catholic Church by denouncing America for an “irresponsible” lifestyle that is contributing to the climate change-tied demise of the world.
“If we consider that emissions per individual in the United States are about two times greater than those of individuals living in China, and about seven times greater than the average of the poorest countries, we can state that a broad change in the irresponsible lifestyle connected with the Western model would have a significant long-term impact,” Francis wrote in an exhortationSuch goes the needling narrative of Pope Francis, who’s been taking deep dives against America for a host of...
That’s so China can make sure the Catholic faith within its communist borders is largely devoid of the faith. Communism, after all, cannot coexist with God; communists want to become the god of the people, so they have to make sure any religion within their areas of control is, well, controlled. “Human rights groups believe China has detained more than one million Uyghurs against their will over the past few years in a large network of what the state calls ‘re-education camps,’ and sentenced hundreds of thousands to prison terms,” BBC