It is with renewed optimism that I write to you today. The simple fact that an individual like Mr. Stuart Scott can attain an audience with you on the crucial matter of addressing Climate Change tells me that the Church has its eyes and ears open to the crisis we are now confronted with.

Please attend the Copenhagen Summit, and let the world hear a loud and clear message from the Catholic Church that it is the moral responsibility of this generation to solve man made global warming. Unless we adopt carbon neutral policies immediately we will destroy civilization as we know it.

The World now finds itself in the gravest of circumstances. We are currently confronted with the consequences of a failing of our moral resolve. It is a new era when the selfishness, greed, and narrow mindedness of our fathers steal from not only from one’s own son, but all the sons and daughters of the Earth. Our future has no foundation to build upon so long as we allow tricks of accounting to replace real reform. The fact that our shared dilemma finds its roots in the poisoned soil of misguided principal is why we need the leadership of the World’s faiths to come together in a unified moral outcry.

The facts are not in dispute. The Earth is warming. Man is at fault. It is morally irreprehensible for us to continue to get our power from sources that pollute the environment. Our patterns of consumption must change. It is no coincidence that a system that rewards exploitation and holds limited accountability has lead to a crisis that threatens our survival.

I would respectfully ask that you take time to reflect on the demands our population places upon our environment. It is now clear that we cannot continue our current patterns of consumption while also increasing our population at the rate we have been. The Lord’s wisdom is infinite but the resources of this planet we call home are not.

Finally a word about Stuart Scott; I am familiar with Mr. Scott’s work through our mutual involvement in Vice President Al Gore’s The Climate Project for which we are both presenters. Mr. Scott is a sincere and passionate advocate for the environment and a tremendously spiritual individual, and I can think of no one else I would rather see deliver these messages to you. It is a testimony to the Catholic Church that a well-intentioned man, with no formal invitation, following divine inspiration, should be granted an audience with Your Holiness to converse on this issue of paramount performance.

Yours Gratefully,