The following comes from a June 16 Pew Research Center article:
A new Pew Research Center survey finds that U.S. Catholics’ views on global warming are broadly reflective of American public opinion writ large; a solid majority believe that Earth is warming, but there is much more division over the cause and seriousness of climate change. Moreover, the poll shows that climate change is a highly politicized issue that sharply divides American Catholics, like the U.S. public as a whole, mainly along political party lines.
About seven-in-ten U.S. Catholics (71%) believe the planet is getting warmer. Nearly half of Catholic adults (47%) attribute global warming to human causes, and a similar share (48%) view it as a very serious problem.
But more than eight-in-ten Catholic Democrats say there is solid evidence that Earth is warming, compared with just half of Catholic Republicans. And while six-in-ten Catholic Democrats say global warming is a man-made phenomenon and that it poses a very serious problem, only about a quarter of Catholic Republicans agree.
Among the U.S. public as a whole, belief that global warming is occurring is nearly twice as common among Democrats as Republicans (86% vs. 45%). The view that global warming is caused by human activity is roughly three times as common among Democrats as among members of the GOP (64% vs. 22%), as is the view that it represents a very serious problem (67% vs. 21%).
The survey also finds large differences in views on global warming between Hispanic Catholics and white, non-Hispanic Catholics. Hispanic Catholics are much more inclined than white Catholics to say that global warming is occurring, is mostly a consequence of human activity and is a very serious problem. Here again, these patterns mirror differences by race and ethnicity seen among the general public.
Generally speaking, Catholics express higher levels of belief in global warming and concern about its effects than do Protestants, but lower levels than people who are religiously unaffiliated (atheists, agnostics and those whose religion is “nothing in particular”). However, analysis of the survey findings shows that political party identification and race/ethnicity are much better predictors of environmental attitudes than are religious identity or observance.
In addition, the survey sought to explore what Catholics like – or don’t like – about the pope by asking whether Francis exhibits three positive and three negative qualities. Roughly nine-in-ten or more say they think Francis is “compassionate,” “humble” and “open-minded.” About one-in-five Catholics (19%) describe him as “too liberal,” while one-in-seven (15%) consider him “naïve” and one-in-ten (11%) think he is “out of touch.”
Catholics who report attending Mass at least once a week are more likely than those who attend less regularly to hold a very favorable view.
In advance of the encyclical on climate change, just 53% of Catholics give the pope a favorable rating for his work addressing environmental issues. The survey, conducted in May and early June before the publication of the encyclical, finds that 18% of Catholics think Francis has done an “excellent” job on environmental issues so far. An additional 35% of Catholics say Francis has done a “good” job in this area, while the remainder rate his performance “only fair” (25%) or “poor” (4%), or express no opinion (18%). Catholic Democrats give Francis slightly more positive marks on this issue than Catholic Republicans; 21% of Catholic Democrats say Francis has done an excellent job addressing environmental issues, compared with 13% of Catholic Republicans.
I think that man-made Global Warming is a hoax based on using science to justify political ends. But then, who am I to judge compared to Ban Ki-Moon, Barack,Obama and Al Gore? I must have misunderstood Church teaching:
“23. The climate is a common good, belonging to all and meant for all. At the global level, it is a complex system linked to many of the essential conditions for human life. A very solid scientific consensus indicates that we are presently witnessing a disturbing warming of the climatic system. In recent decades this warming has been accompanied by a constant rise in the sea level and, it would appear, by an increase of extreme weather events, even if a scientifically determinable cause cannot be assigned to each…
Almost everyone would agree with the Pope that “we need unity to protect creation”. However, the devil is in the details.
Global warming is not a scientific reality. For the past 10 years, the US Climate Reference Network has shown no sign of global warming. In fact, there’s been a very slight cooling in temperatures across the US.
The Church condemned Galileo for stating that the sun was not the center of the universe.
In trying to be a scientific authority, the Catholic Church is moving from being a religious authority to a secular authority. It is losing its moral authority. It is using an atheist scientist to present the encyclical, Laudato Si.
Does the encyclical address what will happen to the workers who lose their…
Since global warming is just an unproven idea, and has absolutely nothing to do with faith and morals, despite what Pope Francis has written in his encyclical, it is not an infallible fact ,and we as Catholics are not obligated to accept it.
The climate alarmists are complete charlatans. It is very sad to see the Holy Father not only taken in, but used as a tool to further their scam. Very sad indeed.
The actual data are available directly from the RSS feeds from two satellite-based datasets, the other is the University of Alabama at Huntsville (UAH). It is one of the five standard global temperature datasets, which include the two satellite datasets and the three terrestrial datasets – Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS); the Hadley Centre/CRU dataset, version 4 (HadCRUT4); and the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC).
You are on target, SoCal: satellite data, which is “unadjusted” by the “climate-experts,” and the most objectively accurate, shows no change in temperatures in the last 17 years. It complete explodes the theories of Dr. Phil Jones (E Anglia U) and Michael E Mann’s (Penn State) theory of the “Hockey-Stick Graph” of predicted global warming during these decades. Even though the Mann controversy was patched up in 2010-2011 by “other experts”, it was noted that Mann’s data going back to 2006 had been previously marked by “bias results”. Now, in 2014, Mann’s results show “global cooling” by his own admission. And why should he be listened to at all?
When it comes to the ruse of global warming, faithful Catholics need to be as courageous as this 13 year old speaking to the Orange County Board of Education about Common Core. This very young man did a magnificent job and received a standing ovation. The board members were very impressed. Our shepherds could learn much from the courage of this young man.
Many of those (eight in ten) Catholic Democrats who believe in global warming, also followed in the footsteps of Ted Kennedy who helped other Catholics to fall for the evil scourge of same sex marriage and a woman’s right to murder her own baby.
Video: https://youtu.be/MHnYe5kWADs
It might be good for us all to read the entire encyclical. It is interesting how little is in there about global warming and how much of the letter is about the theology of our relationship with the earth. It changes the way we have to think about the earth. One commentator was fascinated by how few footnotes were sourced from northern Europe and how many were sourced from the southern hemisphere, including several Bishops’ Conferences. I think that it is becoming better recognized as the work of someone whose experience is in a different environment than our American or Northern European viewpoint about the world.
Sorry Bob One, this document is leftist drivel with its typical talking points. No Bergoglio I will not shut off my air conditioner when I need it, no I will not keep my house cold in the winter out of some psychotic fear of fossil fuels. This is a guilt trip laid on the developed world by those who believe the undeveloped world has been plundered. There is no solace anymore, I will ignore this Pope until God blesses us with a new one
In his Encyclical, “LAUDATO SI” – – – the POPE clearly is pushing for a ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT that has policing and taxing authority over all nations.
# 164 “…… Interdependence obliges us to think of one world with a common plan….”
# 164 ” ……. A global consensus is essential for confronting the deeper problems …….”
# 167 ” …… its accords have been poorly implemented, due to the lack of suitable mechanisms for oversight, periodic review and penalties in cases of non-compliance.”
# 167 …… Convention on international trade in endangered species of wild fauna and flora, which includes on-site visits for verifying effective compliance…. ”
# 170 ……. Some strategies for lowering pollutant gas emissions…
ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT – with policing and taxing powers –
” LAUDATO SI”
#173 ……. “Enforceable international agreements are urgently needed…..”
# 173…….”Global regulatory norms are needed to impose obligations……”
# 175……” it is essential to devise stronger and more efficiently organized international institutions, with functionaries who are appointed fairly by agreement among national governments, and empowered to impose sanctions.”
# 175……” for all this, there is urgent need of a true world political authority.”
These are only a few …..and there is more.
Put them all together and what have you got ? –
One World Government making decisions for all Countries, with policing authority,
and with…
ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT – making Laws, with Policing Authority, and Taxing ability (unlimited funds).
Thanks Matt. I wish everyone would read the Encyclical paying attention to detail.
Devil is in the details.
It is clear when reading “LAUDATO SI” – that the Pope wants to punish by taxing what he considers “wealthier” Countries on behalf of all others.
The Pope ignores the responsibility on the part of individual governments to clean up their own messes, opting for a one world organization.
Each Country must take full responsibility for its own actions only, because it alone has the authority to: – stop polluters within its own borders,
and to educate its own citizens.
Cardinal Turkson and others on the commission who actually wrote the encyclical merely want money from what they consider “wealthier nations” since climate change has not been proven to be due to man.
He has particularly targeted in the USA in past statements.
The USA is no longer wealthy. The NATIONAL DEBT is over $18.3 TRILLION, many STATES including CA are hundreds of BILLIONS in debt, and some Counties and Cities are MILLIONS in debt.