“I think he’s making a tragic and horrible mistake,” said David Robinson, head of Pax Christi USA.
This year’s Vatican Christmas tree is from the Wallonia region of Belgium.
Negotiators from small nations were outraged when an agreement was leaked that included generous emissions for industrialized nations.
The Senate bill "should not move forward in its current form," the heads of three committees of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said on Dec. 19.
“As the legislation moves forward, the Archdiocese of Washington will continue its dialogue with the council,” said Susan Gibbs, spokeswoman for the archdiocese.
"The U.S. is not becoming less Catholic because the Roman Catholic Church is becoming more Hispanic," said Allan Figueroa Deck, S.J., at a Fordham University forum on "Being Latino."