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Pope Francis again calls for climate action. U.S. bishops have been all but silent

The pope has been insistent about the importance and urgency of climate action. But a new study finds Catholic bishops in the U.S. have generally been mum or misleading about climate change.
Pope Francis meets with President Biden during an audience at the Apostolic Palace on Oct. 29 in Vatican City. The pope is urging action against climate change.

Pope Francis on Sunday once again political and business leaders "to act now with courage and vision" to care for the planet and its people in the face of the global climate crisis. His remarks, made at St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, after the close of a two-week United

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