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The mayor of Fiesch, Switzerland, says he is confident Pope Benedict XVI will give his blessing regarding the ongoing melting of the Aletsch glacier.
Fiesch Mayor Herbert Volken said while area residents since 1678 had been concerned with advancements by the Aletsch glacier, now residents are seeking Vatican assistance as the Alps’ largest glacier is slowly melting away, Swissinfo reported Friday.
“In his Easter message this year the head of the Catholic Church addressed the issue of climate change. It’s a burning global issue,” Volken said.
The Rev. Pascal Venetz, a priest in Fiesch, will make a formal request to the Vatican for the pope’s support.
“We should pray that our glacier does not melt any further, but instead grows, and that the most important thing in life, water, remains well preserved,” Venetz said.
Should do about as much good as the Pope asking the governor of Texas to commute a death sentence.
Has the Holy See, in the ever magnificence and wisdom of it’s blessed teachings, ever taken a theological position on geophysical phenomena? I mean, why not pray for an end to earthquakes, tsunamis and the drought in eastern India?
#20 – pedro
LMAO – You truly are a dolt.
#22 – myself
Oops… should have been:
You are truly a dolt.
But I’m sure you got it, pedro…
#23 C’mon, get it all out. I know how you must feel knowing that the Pope and the US played a major role in bringing down that wall that you seem to miss so much.
#15–Jag==stop it. I hurt myself laughing.
So we should shoot the Pope to keep this glacier from retreating? Sounds a little harsh.
#24, Pedro, the Pope loved that wall… from the moment he heard about it’s erection.
Since we presently seem to be in a cooling trend it may at least appear to be effective.
Any of you guys ever hear of homeopathic medicine?
How about asking the pope to finally allow birth control? Carbon footprint is more important than prayer. The number of feet may matter more though.
Perhaps it’s time to stop putting our faith in faith. It has gotten us absolutely nowhere.
#29 Like any politician, he will not do something against his core followship if there’s not a great reason behind.