Pope Francis meets physicist Stephen Hawking at science symposium

Pope Francis has met with British physicist Stephen Hawking during a symposium for the Pontifical Academy of Sciences. Francis urged scientists to protect the environment in lieu of politicians who lack "concrete will."

Deutsche Welle, 29 November 2016

Hawking, the world-renowned physicist who has questioned the necessity of God in explaining the creation of the universe, came to the Vatican as a guest of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences on Monday.

The academy tweeted an image of the meeting, saying Pope Francis "blessed" and "thanked" Hawking for his commitment to the academy.

Pope Francis blesses Prof. Stephen Hawking and thanks him for his constant commitment to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences pic.twitter.com/tFwBKaKOQG

— Casina Pio IV (@CasinaPioIV) November 28, 2016

Francis implored Christians and scientists to join together "in the shared goal of protecting our common home, threatened as it is by ecological collapse."

He urged researchers to "work free of political, economic or ideological interests."

In contrast, Francis criticized politicians, questioning their "concrete will to seek the common good" and to implement global climate agreements.

The statements were likely a jab at US President-elect Donald Trump who has threatened to pull the US out of the Paris Agreement which binds countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

During his campaign, he also doubted the existence of climate change, saying global warming was invented by China.

After being elected Trump softened his stance saying he is "open minded" about supporting global accords.

Hawking last visited the Vatican in 2008 for a science academy summit with Pope Benedict.

rs/rc     (AFP, epd, KNA)

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