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June 11, 2018

Pope Francis Warns Oil Company Executives Climate Change Threatens Humanity
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Pope Francis appealed directly to top oil company executives to help
avert the global catastrophe of climate change, during a 2-day
conference at the Vatican.

Pope Francis: "I encourage you, having demonstrated your aptitude for
innovation and for improving the lives of many people by your
creativeness and professional expertise, to use those skills in the
service of two great needs in today's world: the care of the poor and
care for the environment. I invite you to be the core of a group of
leaders who envision the global energy transition in a way that will
take into account all the peoples of the Earth, as well as future
generations and all species and all ecosystems."

Among those in attendance were the heads of BP, Exxon Mobil and the
Italian energy giant Eni.


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