Pope Francis has made a strong appeal to “dcut emissions to address the climate emergency”. This reiterated call from the Holy Father, which responds to the moral obligation to protect the common home, presides over this edition of the Vatican newspaper. Pope Francis’ words are contained in a message sent to participants in the congress promoted by the Pontifical Academy of Sciences on “The resilience of people and ecosystems in the face of climate stress”, which was held on Wednesday July 13 and Thursday July 14. at the Casina Pius IV.

Pope Bergoglio also called “helping and preparing people to adapt to a gradual worsening of climate change. In another paragraph of the speech which appears in full on the first page of this edition, Pope Francis said that he “has recently approved that the Holy See, in the name and on behalf of the Vatican City State , adheres to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Paris Agreement, in the hope that “if post-industrial humanity is remembered as one of the most irresponsible of history, we can hope that the humanity of the beginning of the 21st century will be remembered for having generously assumed its grave responsibilities” (Laudato si’, n. 165).

At the end of the traditional Sunday Angelus, from the window of the study room of the Vatican Apostolic Palace, the Sovereign Pontiff expressed to the crowd gathered in St.I join in the pain of the people of Sri Lanka, which continues to suffer from the effects of political and economic instability. With the bishops of the country, I renew my call for peace and ask the authorities not to ignore the cry of the poor and the needs of the people. I wish to address a special thought to the Libyan people, in particular to the youth and to all those who suffer because of the serious social and economic problems of the country. I urge everyone to look again for convincing solutions, with the help of the international community, through constructive dialogue and national reconciliation. Yes I renew my closeness to the Ukrainian people, tormented daily by brutal attacks whose consequences are paid for by ordinary people. I pray for all the families, especially for the victims, the wounded, the sick; I pray for the elderly and children. May God show the way to end this senseless war!”

Francisco denied the alleged intention to resign

Two interviews that Pope Francis offered to two media were published this week. Both are published in full with this issue. In the first of them, with the Reuters agency, Pope Bergoglio denies plans to resign (“It never crossed my mind. Not at the moment”), he denies the rumors according to which he would be suffering from cancer. Instead, he reiterated his desire to visit Russia and Ukraine as soon as possible, possibly in September.. She also claims to respect the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States on the termination of pregnancy and reiterates her firm condemnation of abortion.

But when asked when that might happen, he replied: “We don’t know. God will tell,” in terms similar to those used on Friday, July 1, in an interview with the Telam news agency. Speaking about his knee issues, Francisco spoke about postponing his trip to Africa and the need for therapy and rest. He said the postponement decision caused him “a lot of pain”, especially as he wanted to promote peace in both the DRC and South Sudan.

“The doctor – added the pope – said not to do it because I was not capable of it. I will do the one in Canada because the doctor told me that with 20 more days I could recover “. The pope, the interviewer noted, used a cane to enter the reception room on the ground floor of the Casa Santa Marta. And then he gave details of the condition of his knee, saying he suffered “a small fracture” by taking a misstep while a ligament was inflamed. “I’m fine, I’m getting better little by little,” he added, explaining that the fracture healed, helped by laser and magnet therapy.

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“Now,” the pope added, “I have to start moving so I don’t lose my muscles. It’s better, it’s better.” Francisco then denied rumors that he had been diagnosed with cancer a year ago, when he underwent a six-hour operation to remove part of his colon due to diverticulitis, a common condition among children. the elderly. “The operation was a great success,” the pope said, adding with a smile that “they didn’t tell me anything” about the supposed cancer, which he called “court gossip.”

He also told Reuters he didn’t want to have knee surgery because the general anesthesia from last year’s operation had had negative side effects. The interview then turned to international issues . Speaking about the situation in Ukraine, Francis noted that there had been contacts between State Secretary Pietro Parolin and Russian Foreign Minister Serge Lavrov about a possible trip to Moscow. The first signs were not good. This possible trip was first hinted at several months ago, the pope said, explaining that Moscow had replied that the time was not right. However, he hinted that something might have changed by now. “Me gustaría ir a Ucrania, y primero quería ir a Moscú. Intercambiamos mensajes al respecto, porque thought que si el presidente ruso concede me una pequeña ventana para servi a la causa de la paz…. Y ahora es posible que, tras mi regreso de Canada, pueda ir a Ucrania. Lo primero es ir a Rusia para intendar ayudar de alguna manera, pero me gustaría ir a las dos capitals”. Refiriéndose a Moscú, Francisco habló de un “diálogo muy abierto, muy cordial”, “the door is open”.

In the second interview, offered to Mexican journalists María Antonieta Collins and Valentina Alazraki for Televisa Univisión’s Vi streaming channel, the Pope reiterated that “I really don’t feel the Lord is asking me right now,” the Pope said. , “when I feel that he asks me, yes”. In this sense, he revealed that, answering a question about the possibility of having norms linked to the figure of the pope emeritus, Francis observed that “history itself will force more regularization”, “the first experience it went rather well”, because Benedict XVI “is a holy and discreet man”. But for the future “it is necessary to delimit things more and to make things more explicit”.

Therefore, regarding his possible resignation, he replied that he would not go to Argentina: “I am the bishop of Rome. I am the bishop emeritus of Rome. In this case…”. And about the possibility that in such a case he went to San Juan de Letrán, he replies that “it could be”. The pope recalled that before the conclave, he had already prepared his retirement as archbishop emeritus of Buenos Aires. For him, he comments, it would have been fundamental “to confess the sick there”. This would have been his “postolate”, his “profession”. Being “at the service of the people where possible – he said – is what I thought about in Buenos Aires”. A project, he added, that he would also like now if he survived a possible resignation.