It's no secret Pope Francis is a big fan of so-called green energy.

He mentions it frequently in Laudato Sea and Laudat Deum.

And some people say you aren't a good Catholic unless you think fossil fuels shouldn't be expanded but must be replaced

as soon as possible with wind and solar power. Father Thomas Reese, the former

editor of America magazine, even wishes the Pope would declare

quote climate change deniers heretics and put their books articles Facebook

pages and tweets on the index of forbidden books. He also says,

nothing would give me more illicit pleasure than having the

governors of Florida and Texas, along with the leaders of the oil and

coal industries excommunicated.

It always amazes me when liberal Catholics say on the one hand, Catholics are too political

for wanting it to be illegal to kill babies and that the church should excommunicate pro-abortion

politicians. But on the other hand they say Catholics must support political

things. They must support green energy and even the so-called Green New Deal.

In 2023, the National Catholic reporter criticized the U.S. bishops for not divesting from fossil fuels

because they could take, quote quote relatively easy steps towards a more just

future or any future for that matter for life on earth. Since then some Catholic

Diocese have taken a step to reach carbon net zero.

But in today's episode I'll give you four reasons why Catholics shouldn't embrace

radical so-called green energy policies.

Number one, the church doesn't require it.

Papal encyclicals contain statements of church doctrine,

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