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Vatican Says Jeb Bush Should Heed Pope on Climate Change

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The Vatican called out Republican presidential hopefuls -- including Jeb Bush and Rick Santorum -- for their reluctance to heed Pope Francis’s warning on climate change.

Cardinal Peter Turkson, a papal adviser from Ghana who co-wrote the encyclical issued Thursday urging drastic cuts in fossil-fuel use, said politicians should think twice before telling religious leaders to keep out of the debate.