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Should Catholic churches keep drilling for oil?

(The Christian Science Monitor) Some Catholic churches in the United States are leasing out their lands for drills by oil and gas companies, despite Pope Francis's persistent push on climate action.  

Texas and Oklahoma county records reveal "235 oil and gas leasing deals signed by Catholic Church authorities . . . since 2010, covering 56 counties across the two states," according to Reuters.

This does not square easily with the pope's repeated calls to reduce fossil fuel use in order to combat climate change.