Glenmary Father John S. Rausch appeared on CNN Aug. 1 as part of a climate change town hall event with former United States Vice President Al Gore.
After being introduced by host Anderson Cooper, Father John said his experience as a priest in Appalachia has led him to believe the climate crisis is a crisis in spirituality.
Father John asked, “Mr. Vice President, how can we influence people to see a spiritual connection in their consumer habits (so) that they can see the consequences of their buying, the consequences have on people in Appalachia and also in other parts of God’s kingdom?”
Before delving into his response, Gore took a moment to thank Father John for his ministry, and expressed admiration for the Holy Father, Pope Francis. Echoing comments he made at a town hall event in 2015, Gore reiterated that Pope Francis could inspire him to become a Catholic.
“Well, thank you, Father. And thank you for what you do. I’m a Protestant, but I’ll tell you, because of Pope Francis, I really could become a Catholic. He is really an amazing spiritual leader.”
Gore, who was raised a Soutnern Baptist, went on to recommend that people of all faith traditions should read Pope Francis encyclical Laudato Si.
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Vice President Al Gore: go through RICA at your local Catholic parish! You are encouraged and welcomed to become a Catholic. It is a beautiful faith and, yes, Laudatio Si is worthy of a wide reading audience. Pope Francis – may God continue to bless him!
What a heavy the load of ‘greenhouse gasses’ spewed by Jets Horatio Algore flits around the globe, dodging inconvenient scandals?
At least – unlike Slick Willie (a Sitting President who was Disbarred) He truly ‘Did Not – With That Womyn – Mz Lewinsky’
Too bad for Slick Willie that his law license wasn’t in California, as the greasy kid treatment of former ( Frisco Mayor/ now Gov. Lt. – and Governot Candidate ) Gravid Nuisance would have made the whole thing disappear – Kind of like how Nuisance Destroyed Proposition 8 and who knows how many Marriages, only different
AIDE QUITS AS NEWSOM’S AFFAIR WITH HIS WIFE IS REVEALED / Campaign manager confronts mayor, who is ‘in shock’
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Surprised Gore did not claim he invented Catholicism just like his claim that he invented the internet. I read a couple of days ago that his “home” in Tennessee consumes 21 times the energy as the average US home.
I pray for his conversion in MANY ways!!
Are all Catholics this mean or is it just those on this site? The comments illustrate what is wrong with America today. People are mean. They say unkind things. If we disagree with someone, that’s ok, but we need to learn to say it in a nice way and fact based. While “What a heavy the load of ‘greenhouse gasses’ spewed by Jets Horatio Algore flits around the globe, dodging inconvenient scandals?” is constitutionally ok, its is not appropriate speech in polite company or in one’s own parlor!
No not all Catholics are mean…only the ones who think they are holier than everyone else…just ignore the ignorant comments.
Now you’ve done it, Michael McDermott… you made Bob One cry. You are such a meanie.
Al Gore & “Inconvenient Sequel’ — Self-Service with a Smile
https://www.nationalreview.com/article/449910/al-gore-inconvenient-sequel-self-serving
There’s a lot of information in Al Gore’s film An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power. There’s also a lot of information that isn’t in the film. Viewers who watch with a curious mind rather than a hushed awe for His Goreness might have a few questions.
For instance: Did a firm called SolarCity really save the Paris Climate Accord with a dramatic last-minute gift, as the film tells us? And what ties does Gore have to this company that his film portrays as beyond wonderful? (The answers are no, and significant ones.)
Gore shows us footage of storms, and commiserates with people who lost…
Al Gore & “Inconvenient Sequel’ — Self-Service with a Smile
https://www.nationalreview.com/article/449910/al-gore-inconvenient-sequel-self-serving
Gore shows us footage of storms, and commiserates with people who lost loved ones in them. But are these scenes illustrative of data points, or mere anecdotes that would be just as easy to gather even if the climate suddenly turned chilly?
In other words, are there more storms than usual lately, or more people dying in them than usually do? (No, and no.)
All I have got to say is that I liked what one of his wives did — his first wife . She wanted to put labeling on records and tapes so children and the underaged were not corrupted. May she, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.
Mass-murderer Raul Castro said pretty much the same thing about Francis, as have so many of the usual roundupable suspects.
In fairness to Gore, he did actually invent the Environment. No small accomplishment there.
I think old Al ought to join in at Nancy Pelosi’s parish services and sing “I’d like to teach the world to sing in perfect harmony, . . . oh and a Kumbya now and then too! Afterall, many of these high-level politician-turned environmentalists doomsday sayers have made lots of money using your tax dollars!