Pope Francis has signed an interfaith statement asserting that humanity faces a \u201cglobal climate crisis\u201d that demands phasing out fossil fuels.<\/p>\n
The Abu Dhabi Interfaith\u00a0Statement<\/a>\u00a0for COP28 manifests the signers\u2019 \u201cshared concern for the escalating climate impacts that imperil our cherished planet, as well as our common commitment to jointly address this global crisis.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cOur faith instills in us a sacred duty to cherish not only our human family, but also the fragile ecosystem that cradles us,\u201d the text states.<\/p>\n The pope signed the Abu Dhabi Interfaith Statement for COP28 \u2014 which \u201crecognizes the intrinsic rights of ecosystems, encompassing water, oceans, and seas, to exist, thrive, and rejuvenate\u201d \u2014 as fruit of the United Nations climate summit in Dubai.<\/p>\n Curiously, the interfaith text makes no mention of God, Jesus, the Creator, or divinity but instead makes repeated references to \u201cMother Earth,\u201d calling her \u201ca source of life that must be protected.\u201d<\/p>\n As a call to action, signers of the document commit to urging business and policymakers \u201cto adopt a rapid, just transition away from fossil fuels, embracing clean energy sources that nurture the Earth and safeguard its inhabitants unconditionally.\u201d<\/p>\n Read more at: breitbart.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Pope Francis has signed an interfaith statement asserting that humanity faces a \u201cglobal climate crisis\u201d that demands phasing out fossil fuels. The Abu Dhabi Interfaith\u00a0Statement\u00a0for COP28 manifests the signers\u2019 \u201cshared concern for the escalating climate impacts that imperil our cherished planet, as well as our common commitment to jointly address this global crisis.\u201d \u201cOur faith … Continue reading Pope Francis Signs Declaration Affirming \u2018Global Climate Crisis\u2019<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":21347,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/watching-300x100-300x100-1.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8fAkI-6pK","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24660"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24660\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24661,"href":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24660\/revisions\/24661"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}