Pope Benedict XVI at the Wednesday general audience Oct. 24, 2012 in St. Peter’s Square. Credit: Marianne Medlin/CNA.
“There once was a Pope called “The Green Pope.”
He earned the title from both the religious and the secular alike, because he wrote frequently about the environment and asked all Catholics to be better stewards of God’s creation.
Under this pope’s pontificate, the Vatican became the world’s first sovereign state to become carbon-neutral, meaning that all of the small country’s greenhouse gas emissions are offset by renewable energies and carbon credits, thanks to extra trees and solar panels. He also made use of a more energy efficient, partially electric popemobile.
No, “The Green Pope” is not Pope Francis.”
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