John Kerry Claims Pope Francis Rolled His Eyes In Private Over Climate Change Inaction

Former Secretary of State John Kerry claimed Friday that nan precocious Pope Francis expressed backstage vexation complete quality inaction connected dealing pinch ambiance change, moreover rolling his eyes.

Kerry, who served arsenic U.S. Climate Envoy during nan Biden administration, told MSNBC up of nan pope's ceremonial astir his backstage conversations pinch him connected nan subject. Asked if Pope Francis ever showed vexation successful their chats astir ambiance change, Kerry said, "Absolutely."

"He would rotation his eyes a small spot astir nan quality challenge, getting group to do things, but he had religion successful that," Kerry said. "Obviously, he had faith. He was singular successful his steady, calm, quiet but wholly dedicated ngo of dealing pinch this."

Kerry said Pope Francis was motivated by existent grounds of ambiance change's effects. He utilized his papacy to many times telephone for reduced c emissions successful industrialized countries.

Pope Francis waves during an assemblage pinch Hungarian pilgrims successful Paul VI hallway astatine nan Vatican connected April 25, 2024. He died this week astatine nan property of 88. (Fillipo Monteforte/AFP via Getty)

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"It's really interesting, too, that this man of religion who was present to speak astir nan religion of nan Church, and immoderate of nan beliefs that are based connected faith, not evidence, but successful nan lawsuit of nan ambiance crisis, it's each based connected evidence," Kerry said. "It's not a matter of religion what is happening. It's a matter of mathematics, and physics, and biology, chemistry, and he knew that, and he accepted that."

In 2023, Pope Francis slammed nan United States successful peculiar arsenic "irresponsible" connected emissions compared to China. 

"The world successful which we unrecorded is collapsing and whitethorn beryllium nearing nan breaking point," nan pope wrote successful nan 12-page "Laudate Deum," which intends "Praise God" successful Latin, Fox News Digital antecedently reported.

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Pope Francis appears connected nan cardinal lodge of St. Peter's Basilica for nan past clip earlier his decease to bestow nan Urbi et Orbi successful St. Peter's Square astatine nan Vatican Sunday, April 20, 2025. (Gregorio Borgia/AP)

In a 2015 encyclical, Pope Francis wrote nan satellite was "beginning to look much and much for illustration an immense heap of filth."

"Many of those who person much resources and economical aliases governmental powerfulness look mostly to beryllium concerned pinch masking nan problems aliases concealing their symptoms, simply making efforts to trim immoderate of nan antagonistic impacts of climate change," he wrote astatine nan time. "However, galore of these symptoms bespeak that specified effects will proceed to worsen if we proceed pinch existent models of accumulation and consumption."

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Pope Francis' defense didn't spell complete good pinch conservatives, pinch immoderate figures accusing him of scolding business advancement that had made life amended for humanity. 

Fox News Digital's Danielle Wallace contributed to this report.