By Pope Francis likened the coronavirus pandemic to recent fires and floods as one of “nature’s responses” to the world’s ambivalence to climate change. The pope went on to say he believed the COVID-19 outbreak that has ravaged the globe could inspire change. “This is the time to take the decisive step, to move from using and misusing nature to contemplating it,” he said.
Vincent Barone. New York Post. April 8, 2020.