Republicans manage expectations on political nature of Pope Francis’s address to Congress as moderates slowly fracture with party leadership on climate stancePope Francis’s arrival in Washington on Tuesday has reinforced hopes that one of the last great bastions of climate change denial – the US Congress – may be on the verge of crumbling.
As the pope touched down in the US from Cuba,Democratic leaders in Congress and environmental campaigners were optimistic that Francis would support the focus on his core themes of the global economic order, poverty and environmental degradation over the next six days, and so widen the emerging fractures in the Republican wall of denial. Related: Pope's climate change encyclical tells wealthy nations: pay your debt to the destitute Related: Pope Francis in the US: 10 things to look out for during the historic visit Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com