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Pope Leo XIV Blesses a Block of Ice in Bizarre Protest Against Trump and GOP Climate Deniers
In a dramatic display of symbolism, Pope Leo XIV blessed a block of ice to challenge climate change deniers and urge political leaders to act. The gesture was performed at a global gathering south of Rome marking the 10th anniversary of Laudato...
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In First Address on Climate Change, Pope Leo Signals Continuity With Francis—and Opposition to Trump
Pope Leo on Wednesday spoke before a slowly melting chunk of glacial ice in Vatican City in his first address on climate change. On a stage adorned with ferns and lush plants, Leo addressed a crowd of roughly 1,000 attendees representing...
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Woke Pope Leo XIV Blesses a Block of Ice as Climate Activists Perform ‘Earth-Worshipping Ritual’ (VIDEO)
Pope Leo XIV blesses a block of ice during a Vatican climate event, where activists staged what critics described as a pagan-style “Earth worship” ritual. Woke Pope Leo XIV blessed a block of ice during an event south of Rome while presiding over...
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Pope Leo Speaks About Climate Change. Is Anyone Listening?
Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. On October 1, 2025, Pope Leo made an impassioned address to an audience at Castel Gandolfo, the Vatican’s summer residence, urging them to not allow climate change to...
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The Pope Hosts Cringe ‘Climate Justice’ Event
As a lifelong and devout Catholic, I don’t enjoy criticizing the Pope. I would prefer not to do it. I also don’t especially enjoy the backlash that will inevitably come my way from certain other Catholics, who believe that I am behaving...
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Woke American Pope Leo blesses a block of ice in bizarre climate change stunt after swiping at Trump's global warming policies
Pope Leo XIV went after Donald Trump and the GOP with a bizarre blessing of a block of ice to protest against climate change deniers. 'We will raise hope by demanding that leaders act with courage, not delay,' Leo said as he gave the frozen water...
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Schwarzenegger downplays Trump's climate skepticism and backs Vatican initiative to 'terminate' global warming
Arnold Schwarzenegger downplayed the Trump administration’s climate skepticism Tuesday and threw his weight behind the Vatican’s environmental initiative, saying individual choice, local regulations and the Catholic Church's moral leadership were...
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MAGA comes for the ‘woke pope’ after pontiff blesses block of ice in climate change gesture
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MAGA has slammed Pope Leo XIV as being “woke” after the head of the Catholic Church blessed a block of ice at a climate conference. The American pontiff asked world leaders to “act with courage” to fight climate change, embracing his predecessor’s...
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Arnold Schwarzenegger downplays Trump and backs Vatican initiative to 'terminate' global warming
By NICOLE WINFIELD with AP Published on 01/10/2025 - 9:46 GMT+2 Arnold Schwarzenegger downplayed the Trump administration’s climate scepticism on Tuesday and threw his weight behind the Vatican’s environmental initiative, saying...
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Schwarzenegger downplays Trump’s climate skepticism, backs Vatican initiative
From left, Cardinal Jaime Spengler, former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, and sister Alessandra Smerilli pose for photographers at the end of a press conference at the Vatican, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025, to present the “Raising Hope for...
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'Terminate pollution': Arnold Schwarzenegger praises Pope Leo as climate action hero
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Pope Leo has been praised as an "action hero" by Hollywood actor Arnold Schwarzenegger for his environmental leadership, including a directive to install solar panels across Vatican rooftops. The actor was throwing his weight behind Pope Leo's...
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Pope Leo chides climate skeptics, embraces Francis’s environmental legacy
ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV took aim Wednesday at climate skeptics who “ridicule those who speak of global warming,” as he strongly embraced Pope Francis’ environmental legacy and made it his own in some of his strongest and most extensive comments...
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Vatican expert: The lives of the saints raise incisive questions for our consciences
ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 1, 2025 / 07:00 am Speaking at the School of Theology of Northern Spain in Vitoria-Gasteiz, the relator for the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Causes of Saints, Monsignor Melchor Sánchez de Toca, noted that the lives of the...
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Pope Leo XIV calls for ‘ecological conversion’ to face climate change
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In his first major climate speech, Pope Leo XIV renewed the Vatican’s vow to remain at the forefront of the movement to halt global warming. “We must shift from collecting data to caring, and from environmental discourses to an ecological...
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Vatican diplomat tells UN: World must recommit to peace, justice, truth
(OSV News) — As the world grapples with “mounting challenges,” the global community must “recommit to the foundational pillars” of peace, justice and truth, learning from history and building a more equitable future, a top Vatican diplomat told...
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At UN, Vatican Official faults nations for "turning a blind eye" to Persecution of Christians
In his speech, he insisted that the right to life, from conception to its natural end, is a “fundamental prerequisite for the exercise of all other rights” and condemned “the illegitimacy of every form of procured abortion and of euthanasia.”...
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WATCH: Pope Leo blesses block of ice at Vatican ‘climate change’ event
News Several conservative Catholics criticized the blessing on social media, most notably Jack Posobiec and Matt Walsh. (LifeSiteNews) — Pope Leo XIV blessed a block of ice as part of a “climate change” conference hosted by the Vatican. The...
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Pope Leo Demands Climate Action
Pope Leo XIV gave his first major address on climate change on Wednesday, during a conference marking the 10th anniversary of Laudato Si', a landmark papal document written by his predecessor Pope Francis. In it, he spoke to the importance of the...
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Schwarzenegger downplays Trump and backs Vatican initiative to 'terminate' global warming
VATICAN CITY – Arnold Schwarzenegger downplayed the Trump administration’s climate skepticism Tuesday and threw his weight behind the Vatican’s environmental initiative, saying individual choice, local regulations and the Catholic Church's moral...
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Schwarzenegger downplays Trump and backs Vatican initiative to ‘terminate’ global warming
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