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Pope Francis Issues Strong Rebuke To Trump
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While en route from Colombia to Rome, Pope Francis shared with journalists a passage from Psalms about the stubbornness of man as they flew over the devastation of Hurricane Irma in the Caribbean:

“Man is stupid, the Bible said [...] When you don’t want to see, you don’t see.”

The pope was speaking pointedly of those who continue to deny the effects of climate change, including President Trump. “Those who deny climate change need to go to scientists and ask them,” he said. He went on to say that the science and evidence linking human activity to storms such as Irma is clear and precise, and that we all have a moral responsibility to confront climate change.

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