On Sunday, Pope Francis used his platform to emphasize the pressing significance of climate change and its far-reaching effects on the world. He stressed the urgency of taking action to address this global issue.

"Many countries are experiencing extreme climatic events. I reiterate my appeal to the leaders of Nations, that something more tangible be done to limit polluting emissions: it is an urgent challenge and affects everyone. Let us protect our common home!" Pope Francis tweeted.

The Pope has been a consistent advocate for tackling climate change, frequently expressing the need to address its impacts. Last July, the Vatican's Casino Pio IV was the venue for a significant event organized by The Pontifical Academy of Sciences. The two-day conference centered around the theme: "Resilience of People and Ecosystems under Climate Stress." This conference aimed to shed light on the challenges of climate change, and focused on two specific issues: “lessening climate risks by reducing emissions” and “assisting and enabling people to adapt to progressively worsening changes to the climate," Inside the Vatican reported.

During this year's Laudato Si' Week, which took place from May 21st to May 28th, the world commemorated the 8th anniversary of Pope Francis' encyclical titled "Laudato Si': On Care for Our Common Home." The encyclical focuses on environmental concerns, building upon the Church's long-standing teachings on creation. Within the pages of "Laudato Si'," Pope Francis passionately calls upon the Church and every individual across the globe to acknowledge the urgent nature of environmental threats, including the looming issue of global warming. He emphasizes the need for a collective endeavor to protect our planet and encourages everyone to take active steps towards its preservation, according to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.

During his address at St. Peter's Square on Sunday, the Pope made mention of the recent heat waves affecting numerous regions worldwide and the devastating floods in countries like South Korea. He emphasized the urgency of taking action in response to these climate-related events, according to Reuters.

"Please, I renew my appeal to world leaders to do something more concrete to limit polluting emissions," said the Pope in his message, according to Reuters. "It is an urgent challenge, it cannot be postponed, it concerns everyone. Let us protect our common home."

"The climate is a common good, belonging to all and meant for all," said the Pope in "Laudato Si': On Care for Our Common Home". "At the global level, it is a complex system linked to many of the essential conditions for human life. A very solid scientific consensus indicates that we are presently witnessing a disturbing warming of the climatic system. In recent decades this warming has been accompanied by a constant rise in the sea level and, it would appear, by an increase of extreme weather events, even if a scientifically determinable cause cannot be assigned to each particular phenomenon. Humanity is called to recognize the need for changes of lifestyle, production and consumption, in order to combat this warming or at least the human causes which produce or aggravate it."