Pope Francis on Energy & Oil

Noted bishops call for total nuclear shutdown in Japan

Future of humanity is at stake with climate change

Climate change is a critical problem that must be addressed

Europeans seem to fall more in the pope's school of opinion. Indeed, when Trump arrived in Rome, he was greeted with an illuminated message blazoned across the dome of St. Peter's Basilica by environmental activists that read "Planet Earth First."

Take forceful steps to reduce greenhouse gases

• "May the relationship between man and nature not be driven by greed, to manipulate and exploit, but may the divine harmony between beings and creation be conserved in the logic of respect and care."--General audience, Vatican City, 4/22/2015
• "Our common home is being pillaged, laid waste and harmed with impunity. Cowardice in defending it is a grave sin."--Speech, Santa Cruz, Bolivia, 7/92015

Calls for aggressive climate change action

Here are some of the major issues on which Pope Francis differs from most Republican politicians:
• He calls for aggressive climate change action. The Pope issued a 184-page encyclical on climate change this summer, saying humans are mostly to blame. "The Earth, our home, is beginning to look more and more like an immense pile of filth," he said, describing global warming as "one of the principal challenges facing humanity in our day."

Global warming results from human activity

"A very solid scientific consensus indicates that we are presently witnessing a disturbing warming of the climatic system, due to the great concentration of greenhouse gases released mainly as a result of human activity.

The encyclical continued, "Nobody is suggesting a return to the Stone Age, but we do need to slow down and look at reality in a different way. "We need to reject a magical conception of the market, which would suggest that the problems can be solved simply by an increase in the profits of companies or individuals."