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Environmental campaigner and former US vice-president Al Gore has said he could become Catholic because of Pope Francis.
At an event at the University of California, Berkeley, Mr Gore said he thinks Francis is “quite an inspiring figure, really”.
“I’ve been startled with the clarity of the moral force that he embodies,” Mr Gore said.
“Well I’ve said publicly in the last year, I was raised in the Southern Baptist tradition, I could become a Catholic because of this Pope,” he added.
“He is that inspiring to me. And I know the vast majority of my Catholic friends are just thrilled to the marrow of their bones that he is providing this kind of spiritual leadership.”
The Pope is expected to issue an encyclical on the environment in the next few weeks.
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