Scottish bishops announce Pope’s arrival at COP26

A new visit by Pope Francis seems to be confirmed. On Monday 12 July, the Scottish Catholic Bishops’ Conference news outlet announced that in all likelihood the Pope should return to his land in early November to attend the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow.

According to the statement, the Scottish bishops wrote to the Pope assuring him of a “Welcome from the Heart” If he had to come to COP26. After this missile, “They are pleased to hear that he looks forward to attending and would be delighted to meet him in Glasgow”.

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“The Catholic Bishops of Scotland welcome the prospect of meeting with Pope Francis”Specifies the press release.

a power trip

If this is how the bishop should meet the Pope upon his arrival in Glasgow, it should not be so for the believers. “The Pope will be in Scotland for a very short time, Thus a spokesperson for the Upanishad specifies, most of which will be devoted to attending the COP26 conference. “

Quoting the press release, the spokesperson continued: “While many pastoral, ecumenical and interreligious meetings would be desirable during their stay, unfortunately time constraints mean that such a comprehensive program will not be possible”. So Pope Francis’ visit to Glasgow must be during the day, like his visit to European institutions in Strasbourg (Alsace) in 2014.

La Confidence de John Kerry

For the time being, the Holy See has not yet officially notified the Pope of such a visit to the United Kingdom. However, the information was leaked already in mid-May, when the US President’s special climate envoy John Kerry arrived in Rome. In a sentence filmed by Vatican media and broadcast on the American’s Twitter account, he can be heard telling his colleagues that the Pope ” will be there “ According to John Kerry for COP26, François should attend the first day of the conference along with other heads of state.

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Organized by the United Nations, COP26 will take place in the Scottish economic capital from 1^Is until 12 November. This round of talks will be specifically devoted to measures to put into practice the commitments made at COP21, which met in Paris in 2015. The goal is to limit global warming to between 1.5 degrees and 2 degrees by 2100.