US Catholics ready to follow Pope's 'marching orders' on climate change

[GliderGuider]

So the groundswell of opinion/action change begins.

US Catholics ready to follow Pope's 'marching orders' on climate change

Representatives of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops said they would hold two briefings for members of Congress on Thursday and visit the White House on Friday to promote and explain the pope’s environmental message.

Church leaders rejected the accusations from some conservatives – including the Republican presidential contender Jeb Bush – that the pope had trespassed into the political realm.

Religious leaders said the message from an extremely popular Pope Francis would add new urgency to the church’s existing support for a number of environmental measures in Barack Obama’s climate plan – including the new rules limiting carbon pollution from power plants, due to be finalised this summer.

“I believe this is potentially the game changer we have all been waiting for,” said the Reverend Canon Sally Bingham, founder of Interfaith Power & Light, which campaigns for action on climate change. “I really think it will change enough minds to get the critical mass we need to get our house in order and cut greenhouse gas emissions.”

To quote an old Firesign Theater riff: "Domini, Domini, Domini ... You're all Catholics now."

[Mr.Squirreleo]

1. Conservatives are not going to change

I was browsing the Drudge report at little while ago (like to balance left wing opinions with right wing opinions) and I can tell you from the comment section on one of the linked articles that they are not to enthusiastic about what the pope had to say.

The majority of them seem to think he is either a false pope, the antichrist or some other evil force that doesn't truly represent the church. Now it is important to remember that the kind of people who comment like that are likely the extremists of the right but still. Whats found in the roots will be found in the leaves in some small amount.