ROME — In a leaked draft of his much-awaited environmental encyclical, Pope Francis offers a broad vision of an endangered planet, partly blaming human activity for global warming and calling for all people to take swift action.
The Vatican press office said that the 192-page document, posted in Italian on Monday by the Italian magazine L’Espresso, was not the final draft of the pontiff’s encyclical, which will remain under embargo before being released on Thursday.
In the document, Francis wrote that he hoped his encyclical would inspire action not just by Roman Catholics but by people of all creeds and religions around the world.
“In this encyclical, I intend especially to engage in a dialogue with everyone about our common house,” he wrote.
It is unclear how similar, or not, this draft will be to the final document.
In the first chapter, Francis wrote that “numerous scientific studies” indicate that global warming is directly linked to “human activities.”
“This is especially increased by the development model based on the intensive use of fossil fuels that is at the core of the global energy model,” he said.
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