Cardinal Peter Turkson, the chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, lamented during an interview published this week that there are still several Catholic bishops and priests that “deny climate change” despite the purported progress made by Pope Francis’ landmark encyclical letter Laudato Si’ that called for “climate and ecological justice.”
During part of an interview with the Austrian newspaper, Der Sonntag, published September 2 after the Pontifical Academy of Science’s “From Climate Crisis to Climate Resilience in Europe at Local and Regional Levels” conference in Vienna, Turkson praised the Church’s commitment to combating “climate change” in the decade since the publication of Laudato Si’. But the cardinal also notably criticized clergy who continue to deny “climate change,” or dismiss it as irrelevant to the faith.
“I know Bishops and priests who deny climate change and consider the issue irrelevant. But I also know many young people who are passionate about climate protection,” the cardinal said. “So there is both ignorance and commitment.”
“But the Church has created a credible instrument with Laudato Si’. And many of us who represent it do so with great conviction,” he added.
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