WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) – Pope Francis on Wednesday said that climate change is a problem that can’t be left to future generations. Speaking slowly in English at a White House ceremony, Pope Francis said he was encouraged President Barack Obama had put forward plans to reducing air pollution. Pope Francis urged more attention be paid to the millions in poverty now overlooked by society, quoting Martin Luther King that “we have defaulted on a promissory note and now it is time to honor it.” Pope Francis said he will encourage Congress to guide the U.S. in fidelity to its founding principles including religious liberty. He referred only briefly to the issue of immigration, saying “as a son of an immigrant family, I am happy to be a guest in this country which was largely built by such families.”
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