India, Oct. 2 -- Pope Leo XIV has become the subject of many a joke online after he blessed a block of ice at the Raising Hope for Climate Justice conference near Rome.

The Pope, at the event attended by former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, said "We will raise hope by demanding that leaders act with courage, not delay. Will you join with us?"

Echoing the views of his predecessor, Francis, Pope Leo also said "Some have chosen to deride the increasingly evident signs of climate change, to ridicule those who speak of global warming, and even to blame the poor for the very thing that affects them the most."

However, the symbolic blessing of the block of ice has led to many jokes on X.

One person on X joked about the Pope's ac...