{"id":17641,"date":"2025-04-22T11:01:47","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T15:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenparty.ca\/?post_type=article&#038;p=17641"},"modified":"2025-04-22T11:01:47","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T15:01:47","slug":"in-pope-francis-the-climate-action-movement-has-lost-a-champion","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.greenparty.ca\/en\/news\/in-pope-francis-the-climate-action-movement-has-lost-a-champion","title":{"rendered":"In Pope Francis the Climate Action Movement Has Lost a Champion."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"\">The Green Party of Canada mourns the death of Pope Francis, recognizing him as a vital ally in the climate action movement.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">In his Encyclical Letter, Laudato si, we find a global clarion call to climate action and economic justice grounded in faith and written to all &#8211; regardless of religion.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Among his many accomplishments, Pope Francis called for greater compassion in the Vatican&#8217;s approach to LGBTQ rights, for peace in Gaza and for human rights in the United States.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;It was a very powerful experience to be present for the Papal apology at the Maskwacis Powwow grounds on July 25, 2022,\u201d said Green Party co-Leader Elizabeth May. \u201cThe legacy of this extraordinary Pope, the first ever from Latin America, the birthplace of liberation theology, is far-reaching. As Trump and Putin dominate world headlines, we will miss the voice of a true and compassionate leader who so faithfully served all of the human family.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Green Party of Canada mourns the death of Pope Francis, recognizing him as a vital ally in the climate action movement.&nbsp; In his Encyclical Letter, Laudato si, we find [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false},"location":[],"section":[],"class_list":["post-17641","article","type-article","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenparty.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/17641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenparty.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenparty.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenparty.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenparty.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=17641"},{"taxonomy":"section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenparty.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/section?post=17641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}