How the Pope Could Turn U.S. Climate Politics Upside Down

One chart shows how Christians think about climate change (Al Gore) and why Francis wants them to think about it differently (their souls)

A village near the coal mines of Jharia, India, where methane and other toxic gases spew from open wounds in the earth's crust.

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Pope Francis is about to release a much-anticipated letter to bishops about faith and climate change. If it has the impact he's counting on, it could finally budge a glacier of frozen thinking on the crisis. It could break through to millions of Americans who thought they knew what they thought about global warming.

Here's how he's trying to pull this off.