Pope Francis says he will go to Dubai for three days during the COP28 climate conference hosted there. Francis said that during an interview on Italian television network RAI that he would be in Dubai on Dec. 1 through Dec. 3. The interview was broadcast on Wednesday evening and recorded a few hours earlier.
Pope Francis delivers his blessing as he recites the Angelus noon prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St.Peter’s Square at the Vatican, on the occasion of All Saints Day, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023. ROME — Pope Francis said Wednesday that he will travel to Dubai in early December for the COP28 conference of climate change, a global challenge that he had deeply worried about during his papacy stressing care for the environment.
Francis offered no details of his trip’s program, including any appearance at the conference. It seemed likely he would want to address the delegates, especially because of the attention he has paid since becoming pope in 2013 to raising concern about the gravity of environmental damage, especially to poor people.
In a sign of his frustration over often sputtering efforts by countries to try to put the brakes on climate change’s advance, last month, the popeAsked in the interview about the setbacks to climate goals, Francis replied: “Courage is needed.”
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