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Pope Francis to Discuss Climate Change With Oil Company CEOs

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By Kelly Gilblom and John Follain

June 1, 2018 at 3:28 PM UTC

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June 1, 2018 at 5:04 PM UTC

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Oil company bosses will travel to the Vatican next week to discuss climate change with Pope Francis.

The meeting will be on June 8 and June 9 at the Casina Pio IV villa in the Vatican, with an audience with the Pope on the second day, according to a spokesman. It is being organized by a department headed by Cardinal Peter Turkson, who helped write Pope Francis’ 2015 encyclical on climate.