Pope Francis may attend COP 28 in Dubai

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The Pope has reportedly expressed his desire to attend the United Nations climate conference, but the trip has yet to be confirmed.

Pope Francis could take part in the international climate conference to be held in Dubai from November 30 to December 12, Reuters reported on October 19, 2023. There he will voice his call to halt the climate catastrophe, a call he recently renewed in the apostolic exhortation Laudate Deum, published at the beginning of October.

No final decision yet​

Francis wants to go to Dubai, the Pope’s secretary of state Cardinal Pietro Parolin told Reuters on the sidelines of an event in Rome on Wednesday. The Holy See’s “number 2” added that the pope had not yet made a final decision.

On October 11, Pope Francis received Sultan Ahmed al-Jaber, President of COP 28, in an audience at the Vatican.

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