Pope Francis praises young activists for challenging leaders on climate change

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Pope Francis praised young environmental activists for challenging global leaders to make good on promises to curb emissions and insisted that political leaders make wise decisions to promote &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;a culture of responsible sharing”&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Francis offered a video message to a three-day youth climate gathering in Milan that has drawn some 400 activists&comma; including Greta Thunberg of Sweden and Vanessa Nakate of Uganda&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Youth4Climate summit is sending recommendations to the United Nations climate summit in Glasgow&comma; Scotland&comma; that begins on October 31&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Francis thanked the activists for their &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;dreams and good projects” and encouraged them to form an educational alliance to help &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;rebuild the fabric” of humanity through care for the planet&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This vision is capable of challenging the adult world&comma; for it reveals that you are prepared not only for action&comma; but also for patient listening&comma; constructive dialogue and mutual understanding&comma;” he said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Francis has made care for &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;our common home” of the Earth a hallmark of his papacy and devoted an entire encyclical to the issue in 2015&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Scottish bishops conference has said it expects Francis to attend the Glasgow climate summit&comma; though the Vatican has not yet confirmed his presence&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It is time to take wise decisions so that we can make use of the many experiences gained in recent years&comma; in order to make possible a culture of care&comma; a culture of responsible sharing&comma;” Francis said in the message&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In the opening day of the summit&comma; Ms Thunberg and Ms Nakate chastised political leaders for their &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;blah blah blah” promises and told them time was running out to do something about climate change&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68cd4cccc496f">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; function &lpar;&rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; false &equals;&equals;&equals; &lpar; window&period;isWatlV1 &quest;&quest; false &rpar; &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&sol;&sol; Use Aditude scripts&period;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings &equals; window&period;tudeMappings &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings&period;push&lpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;divId&colon; 'atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68cd4cccc496f'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;format&colon; 'belowpost'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; document&period;readyState &equals;&equals;&equals; 'loading' &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;document&period;addEventListener&lpar; 'DOMContentLoaded'&comma; window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; else &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback&lpar;&rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;script>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>


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