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"Despite all attempts to deny, conceal, gloss over or relativize the issue, the signs of climate change are here and increasingly evident," he said.

Or they will “relativize” the scandals, said Nara Pavão, a political scientist at Federal University of Pernambuco.

“We don’t want to relativize it. It stands on its own.”

For these critics of Francis, the claim relativizes the centrality of the Catholic faith in human salvation.

For these critics of Francis, the claim relativizes the centrality of the Catholic faith in human salvation.