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Pope launches thinly veiled attack on Trump, saying: 'History will judge climate change deniers' Pope launches thinly veiled attack on Trump, saying: 'History will judge climate change deniers'
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Pope Francis has said that history will judge those who refuse to accept the science of climate change. Pope Francis has said that "history will judge" those who refuse to accept the science of climate change.
"Those who deny this must go to the scientists and ask them. They speak very clearly," he told reporters aboard the papal plane. “If someone is doubtful that [climate change] is true, they should ask scientists," he told reporters aboard the papal plane. "These are not opinions made on the fly. They are very clear. Then each person can decide and history will judge the decisions."
He also said that he hoped Donald Trump would reconsider his decision to end Daca, a policy that granted certain rights to young, undocumented immigrants. The Pope is a strong supporter of the Paris climate agreement, a pledge by almost 200 countries to reduce emissions linked to climate change. Donald Trump pulled the US out of the agreement in June. A Vatican official called the move a "slap in the face" to the Pope and the Vatican at the time.
Asked whether politicians have a responsibility to work with other countries to prevent climate change, the Pope responded: “All of us have a responsibility, all of us, small or large, a moral responsibility."
"We have to take it seriously. We can’t joke about it,” he added. “Each person has their own. Even politicians have their own.”
His Holiness spoke as Hurricane Irma pummelled Florida with punishing wind and rain. Days before, Hurricane Harvey had wreaked havoc on Texas with massive floods. The episodes marked the first time two Category 4 hurricanes has hit the continental US in a single hurricane season. 
The Pope also said that he hoped Mr Trump would reconsider his decision to end Daca, a policy that granted certain rights to young, undocumented immigrants.
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