Cardinal Pell questions global-warming fears

George Cardinal Pell

Function: Archbishop of Sydney, Australia

Title: Cardinal Priest of St. Mary Dominic Mazzarello

Birthdate: Jun 08, 1941	Country: Australia

Elevated: Oct 21, 2003	More information: www.catholic-hierarchy.org

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Cardinal Pell questions global-warming fears
Feb 20, 2007
Cardinal George Pell of Sydney, Australia, has questioned what he describes as a “semi-religious” focus on the issue of global warming.

Sydney, Feb. 19, 2007 (CWNews.com) - In a column for the Australian Sunday Telegraph, Cardinal Pell charges that the intense concern about the dangers of climate changes are the result of an effective public campaign in which “zealots have been presenting extreme scenarios to frighten us.”

The result, the cardinal said, is “an induced dose of mild hysteria,” which he said has grown “dangerously close to superstition.”

Announcing that he is “deeply skeptical” about the argument that global warming threatens the future, the cardinal pointed to the mixed scientific evidence on the question. “The science is certainly more complicated than the propaganda,” he said, urging readers to reject “scare-mongering” and resist hasty conclusions.

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