Vatican would see U.S. Paris deal exit as slap in face - official [Reuters] By Philip Pullella ReutersJune 1, 2017
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican, which under Pope Francis' insistence has strongly backed the Paris climate change deal, would see a U.S. exit as a slap in the face and a "disaster for everyone," a senior official said on Thursday.
At their meeting last month, the pope gave U.S. President Donald Trump a signed copy of his 2015 encyclical letter that called for protecting the environment from the effects of climate change and backed scientific evidence that it is caused by human activity.
Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin urged Trump in a separate meeting not to quit the Paris accord.
"If he really does (pull out), it would be a huge slap in the face for us," said Bishop Marcelo Sanchez Sorondo, head of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, which has hosted numerous international conferences on climate change
NEWS FLASH Frankie it is not your job to promote scientific hoaxes like man-made global warming Nor it it your job to tell President Trump and the American people to hand over a big chunk of their wealth and drop their standard of living so your widdle statist feelings will not be hurt.
Illegitimi non Carborundum
During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.- Orwell