Vatican City, July 21 (RHC)-- Dozens of mayors and officials representing cities and states from across the world are meeting with Pope Francis in the Vatican today to discuss cities’ commitment to addressing climate change.
The meeting comes after Pope Francis wrote an unprecedented encyclical calling for action on climate change.
In related news, on Monday a group of Catholic Workers in upstate New York used a seven-foot-tall replica of Pope Francis’ encyclical to erect a highway blockade as part of an ongoing campaign to block a methane gas storage project in caverns underneath Seneca Lake. Thirteen people were arrested.
