教皇方济各写道，“许多拥有更多资源、经济或政治权力的人似乎主要把精力用在掩饰和隐瞒问题，只是在试着缓和气候变化的负面影响，并补充说，“投机和“对快速获利的追逐往往忽视环境影响。

“The submission of politics to technology and finance is proven by the failure of global summits on the environment, he said.

“政治对科技和金融的屈从已从全球环境峰会的失败得到了证明，他说。

But Pope Francis is also calling on ordinary people — and not just Christians — to take action in their everyday lives. “Humanity must be conscious of the need to change its way of living, producing, and consuming, he writes.

但教皇方济各也呼吁普通民众(不仅是基督教徒)在日常生活中采取行动。“人类必须意识到改变自己生活、生产和消费方式的必要性，他写道。

Climate change sceptics, particularly in the US, have taken aim at Pope Francis, who is due to address the UN and the US Congress on sustainable development in September.

教皇方济各将于9月就可持续发展问题在联合国和美国国会发表演讲。气候变化怀疑论者已将矛头指向教皇方济各，特别是在美国。

US Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum, a Catholic and climate change sceptic, has said the Church would be “better off leaving science to the scientists.

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