"
It is time to act, and to act together
" against climate change, the Covid pandemic and poverty, warns Pope Francis in a text made public this Sunday by the Italian daily
Il Corriere della Sera
.
This text is the preface written by Pope Francis for a book to be published in mid-November.
It was made public on the very day of the opening of COP26 in Glasgow and while a G20 summit is being held in Rome, which must also debate climate issues.
Read also COP26: in Glasgow, a climate summit to remobilize the planet
Denouncing "
an ecological crisis
" and "
a social crisis (...) made deadly by a health crisis
", the Pope believes that these crises also represent "
opportunities, occasions to recognize and learn from the mistakes made in the past
".
“
It's time to think big, rethink our priorities (...) and re-plan our future.
It is time to act, to act together, it is time,
”concludes the spiritual leader of the 1.3 billion Catholics around the world.
