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Key advisor blasts US criticism to pope’s environmental stance

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by Inés San Martin, Vatican correspondent

Honduran Cardinal Oscar Rodríguez Maradiaga, president of Caritas Internationalis. (Bob Roller/CNS)
Honduran Cardinal Oscar Rodríguez Maradiaga, president of Caritas Internationalis. (Bob Roller/CNS)

ROME — Pope Francis’ closest cardinal advisor on Tuesday blasted “movements in the United States” hostile to the pontiff’s forthcoming document on the environment, claiming the criticism is fueled by a form of capitalism proteching it own interests.

“The ideology surrounding environmental issues is too tied to a capitalizm that doesn’t want to stop ruining the environment because they don’t want to give up their profits,” said Cardinal Oscar Rodríguez Maradiaga. More…