CNA: Pope Francis to COP26: ‘Now Is the Time to Act, Urgently, Courageously, and Responsibly’

By CNA Staff, Nov. 2, 2021

Vatican City, Nov 2, 2021 / 13:00 pm – Pope Francis told world leaders attending a United Nations climate summit on Tuesday that “now is the time to act, urgently, courageously, and responsibly.”

In a message read out at the meeting in Glasgow, Scotland, on Nov. 2, the pope stressed the urgency of efforts to protect the environment.

“Now is the time to act, urgently, courageously and responsibly. Not least, to prepare a future in which our human family will be in a position to care for itself and for the natural environment,” he said in the message delivered by Cardinal Pietro Parolin, head of the Holy See delegation to the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26). …