Pope’s climatologist in NOLA

The Rev. Eduardo Scarel, best known for his role in advising Pope Francis on climate change and who has been dubbed the Pope’s climatologist, was in New Orleans Feb. 12 speaking to high school students and audience at the Notre Dame Seminary. Scarel is a Carmelite priest and atmospheric scientist. The Pope needs a climatologist because the “care for environment, for nature requires to see the state of the planet,” he said, ”and the tools of science provide the best way to see.” Scarel helped advise Pope Francis on the Pope’s 2015 encyclical about climate change. An encyclical is a letter to Catholic leadership clarifying the church’s stance on an issue. The 2015 encyclical argued that humans have a moral imperative to address climate change. (Source: NOLA.com 02/13/19)