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 silence7   ( @silence7@slrpnk.net ) M to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 8 months ago

The Next Pope Will Help Decide the Planet’s Fate | The Vatican has a chance to lead on climate change by electing another vocal environmentalist.

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The Next Pope Will Help Decide the Planet’s Fate | The Vatican has a chance to lead on climate change by electing another vocal environmentalist.

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 silence7   ( @silence7@slrpnk.net ) M to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 8 months ago
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  •  rhabarba   ( @tux0r@feddit.org ) 
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    It seems to me that the influence of the head of a religious minority on the political and economic decisions of the free world is grossly overestimated.

    •  silence7   ( @silence7@slrpnk.net ) OPM
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      We need every reasonably large group on board, so Catholic support for doing the right thing is something I’ll welcome.

    •  Randomgal   ( @Randomgal@lemmy.ca ) 
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      Are you calling Catholicism a “religious minority” lmao. Tell me you are USian without telling me you are USian.

      •  rhabarba   ( @tux0r@feddit.org ) 
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        Sorry for having mistold you, but I’m German. Last year, our proportion of Catholics was 23.7% - and less than 50% of the population are of any Christian confession anymore.

        •  Randomgal   ( @Randomgal@lemmy.ca ) 
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          Very american of you to think your country represents the other 6 billion humans too.

          •  rhabarba   ( @tux0r@feddit.org ) 
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            There are roughly 1.3 billion Catholics around the world. I hope you understand that 1.3 is less than 50% of 6.

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              Very German of you to think 1/5 is a minority lmao

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                Last time I checked, the meaning of “minority” was “less than the larger group” (which is non-Catholics).

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          So the impact of Chinese climate policy is also vastly overestimated because the Chinese are a small minority of earths people?

  •  RangerJosey   ( @RangerJosey@lemmy.ml ) 
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    I’m expecting the worst. Just to be safe. Nothing has gone right since Harambe died.

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    Yeah, I got it. You’re using “minority” for “people I don’t like”. My bad.

  •  _cryptagion [he/him]   ( @_cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 
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    Don’t get your hopes up. The last pope was very progressive, and caused a lot of controversy in the church. Most of his possible replacements aren’t anywhere near as progressive as he was.

    It’s very likely the controversy he started will cause an over correction in the other direction and we’ll get one of the super conservative popes that a lot of christians are clamoring for.

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