Vatican City, Dec 9, 2009 / 12:54 pm
The director of the Vatican Press Office, Father Federico Lombardi, asked delegates gathered at the United Nations Climate Change Conference currently taking place in Copenhagen, Denmark, to remember that everyone must assume their responsibility in the area of climate change and focus on its impact on the poor.
Father Lombarid’s editorial this week for Vatican TV’s news program, “'Octava Dies,” is entitled, "Copenhagen and Us."
"For a long time climatic and environmental concerns seemed to many to be a luxury - concerns of the rich."
However, he continued, environmental concerns were also found to have a great impact on the poor.