Former prime minister says Pell’s views on climate change directly oppose those of Pope Francis,muddy the ‘ethical waters’ and should be challengedKevin Rudd has mounted a scathing attack on Cardinal George Pell for being a “radical climate change sceptic” who is “muddying the ethical waters” ahead of the critical Paris climate change conference, in direct contradiction to the views of Pope Francis.
Rudd says the ethical imperatives of strong climate action and the fact that Pell is now a “global figure”, or means it is time to confront “head on” the views of the cleric,who was a strident critic of the Labor government’s climate policies as archbishop of Sydney and who is now a senior Vatican cardinal. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com