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Pope Francis focused on climate change as the planet continued to get hotter
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Pope Francis greets Swedish teenage environmental activist Greta Thunberg, right, during his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 17, 2025. Massimo Valicchia/NurPhoto via Getty Images hide caption
toggle caption Massimo Valicchia/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesIn addition to being the spiritual leader of about 1.4 billion Catholics, Pope Francis advocated for taking action on climate change. That's not surprising for a pontiff who was the first to take the name of St. Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals and ecology.
Over his 12 years as the head of the Catholic Church, Francis repeatedly raised the problem of human-caused global heating from burning fossil fuels and he encouraged people—including world leaders—to do something about it.
His 2025 encyclical brought an influential voice into the global discussion, just as leaders were finalizing an important agreement in Paris, which aimed to address the problem. And as humans continued to heat the planet with pollution from fossil fuels, Francis' missives became progressively more urgent. Researchers felt these writings boosted Francis' prominence as a climate advocate, though they appear to have largely failed to change people's minds about climate change. Still supporters say he brought together science, morality and faith in new ways for his church.