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Vatican Official: Catholics Can Add Value to ‘Green New Deal’ Debate

Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, Secretary for Relations with States within the Holy See's Secretariat of State during the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul in St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City, June 29, 2019.

Daniel Ibanez
Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, Secretary for Relations with States within the Holy See’s Secretariat of State during the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul in St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City, June 29, 2019.

In his lecture, the archbishop encouraged Catholics to commit themselves to “a constructive dialogue” with advocates of a Green New Deal, saying that a Christian perspective would introduce “precious added value” into the discussion.