1.0Climate Change Dispatchhttps://climatechangedispatch.comThomas Richardhttps://climatechangedispatch.com/author/ccdeditor/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="xYhTpSOWww"><a href="https://climatechangedispatch.com/et-tu-pontifex-pope-francis-leaps-aboard-global-warming-bandwagon/">Et Tu, Pontifex? Pope Francis Leaps Aboard ‘Global Warming’ Bandwagon</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://climatechangedispatch.com/et-tu-pontifex-pope-francis-leaps-aboard-global-warming-bandwagon/embed/#?secret=xYhTpSOWww" width="600" height="338" title="“Et Tu, Pontifex? Pope Francis Leaps Aboard ‘Global Warming’ Bandwagon” — Climate Change Dispatch" data-secret="xYhTpSOWww" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> So the Pope's long-awaited encyclical on "global warming" has been released to the media four days in advance of its official launch. A Vatican official has described this leak as "heinous," but not as heinous, surely, as the damage this misbegotten document is going to do to the global economy, to the credibility of the Catholic church, and, perhaps worst of all as far as this caring, sharing pope ought to be concerned, the plight of the world's poor. If the draft of the encyclical leaked to the the Italian magazine l'Espresso is anywhere near like the finished version, then the auguries for this encyclical really aren't good.https://climatechangedispatch.com/wp-content/uploads/images_pics8_francis_pope.jpg