Es ist schon eine bemerkenswerte Ironie der Geschichte, dass es innerhalb der katholischen Kirche heute eine grössere Meinungsfreiheit gibt, skeptische Positionen zur Frage des Klimawandels zu vertreten, als im eher intoleranten und autoritätshörigen Wissenschaftsbetrieb - sogar wenn sich Oliver Hartwichs Bischof mit dem Papst anlegt: THE day after the leader of the Catholic world issued a clarion call to humanity to do more to protect the planet from climate change, Australia’s most senior Catholic cleric expressed scepticism that humans were contributing to global warming. On his way to Australia, Pope Benedict flagged he would make the environment a key message of this week’s World Youth Day celebrations, telling reporters that Catholics should “find a way of living, a style of life that eases the problems caused to the environment”. But yesterday, Sydney Archbishop George Pell admitted he was a sceptic when it came to whether the planet’s current woes were the result of human activity. “I’m a bit of a sceptic about the claim that human activity is likely to produce a man-made catastrophe,” Cardinal Pell said.
