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Pope Francis will address a joint session of Congress on Thursday, Sept. 24, with special emphasis on the horrors of climate change and the need for an enforceable emissions reduction treaty to emerge from next December's United Nations climate summit in Paris. The cause of global warming, according to Francis, is quite clear: Capitalism. "Once capital becomes an idol and guides people's decisions" he said in Bolivia last July, "it even puts at risk our common home." Nothing could be further from the truth. The correlation between wealth and environmental quality is overwhelming and undisputed. Simply put, the more affluent a society is, the cleaner it is.https://climatechangedispatch.com/wp-content/uploads/images_pics8_francis_2.jpg