Pope to recommend urgent action on environment

Tuesday, June 16, 2015

VATICAN CITY -- A draft copy of Pope Francis' awaited encyclical on the environment calls for urgent action to protect the Earth and fight global warming, which the pope says is "mostly" due to human activity and the burning of fossil fuels.

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