Pope Francis, 87, takes climate message to South-east Asia on 12-day trip

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Pope Francis, 87, takes climate message to South-east Asia on 12-day trip
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Also on the agenda is a renewed push for Catholic-Muslim dialogue.

Francis pushed hard for the 2015 Paris climate agreement and aides say he wants to continue his appeals to confront the dangers of a rapidly warming world,Francis pushed hard for the 2015 Paris climate agreement and aides say he wants to continue his appeals to confront the dangers of a rapidly warming world.

Francis pushed hard for the 2015 Paris climate agreement and aides say he wants to continue his appeals to confront the dangers of a rapidly warming world, and especially to support the most vulnerable. In the countries on his tour, these dangers include rising sea levels and increasingly severe and unpredictable heat waves and typhoons.

"It is a show of strength for Pope Francis," said Mr Massimo Faggioli, an Italian academic who has followed the papacy closely.Mr Faggioli, a professor at Villanova University in Philadelphia, noted that no pope had toured abroad at such an age. Benedict XVI, Francis' immediate predecessor, resigned at 85. John Paul II, suffering from Parkinson's disease, made his last visit abroad at 84.

Also on the agenda is a renewed push for Catholic-Muslim dialogue, long a priority for Francis who, in 2019, became the first pope to visit the Arabian peninsula.

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