According to Vatican insiders, Francis is also expected to use his scheduled visit to the United Nations headquarters in New York in September to promote the themes raised in his encyclical.
The Pope’s encyclical is likely to garner widespread support, the Guardian says, but it speculates that Francis will encounter some stiff resistance within the Church. In particular, it points to Cardinal George Pell, prefect of the Secretariat on the Economy, who has long been a climate change sceptic.
The article also expects probable opposition from US evangelical groups, one of the most vocal critics of the science supporting climate change.
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